2021/01/31 by Seungbeom Chin, Yong-Su Kim, Yong‐Su Kim +1
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Combinatorics #Computer science #Mathematics #Multipartite #Multipartite entanglement #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #Quantum network #Squashed entanglement #Theoretical computer science #Topology (electrical circuits) #W state #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.22331/q-2021-12-23-611
published as Quantum 5, 611 (2021) · Revtex 4.2, 18 pages; (v2) a few applications of PM diagrams to designing genuinely entangled states are added, 20 pages; (v3) Accepted version to Quantum journal
arxiv created 2021/12/21 · openalex publication_date 2021/12/23 · arxiv updated 2021/12/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The indistinguishability of quantum particles is widely used as a resource for the generation of entanglement. Linear quantum networks (LQNs), in which identical particles linearly evolve to arrive at multimode detectors, exploit the indistinguishability to generate various multipartite entangled states by the proper control of transformation operators. However, it is challenging to devise a suitable LQN that carries a specific entangled state or compute the possible entangled state in a given LQN as the particle and mode number increase. This research presents a mapping process of arbitrary LQNs to graphs, which provides a powerful tool for analyzing and designing LQNs to generate multipartite entanglement. We also introduce the perfect matching diagram (PM diagram), which is a refined directed graph that includes all the essential information on the entanglement generation by an LQN. The PM diagram furnishes rigorous criteria for the entanglement of an LQN and solid guidelines for designing suitable LQNs for the genuine entanglement. Based on the structure of PM diagrams, we compose LQNs for fundamental <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:math>-partite genuinely entangled states.