Thermodynamics and the measure of entanglement

1996/10/31 by Sandu Popescu, Daniel Rohrlich · 13 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.56.r3319

8 pages, RevTeX; edited for clarity, additional references, to appear as a Rapid Communication in Phys. Rev. A

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Abstract

We point out formal correspondences between thermodynamics and entanglement. By applying them to previous work, we show that entropy of entanglement is the unique measure of entanglement for pure states.

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