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Entanglement types for two-qubit states with real amplitudes

Journal

QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages -

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11128-021-03025-z

Keywords

Quantum state preparation; Geometry of entanglement; Quantum entanglement

Funding

  1. ASCR Quantum Testbed Pathfinder Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory under FWP [ERKJ332]

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The study explores the set of two-qubit pure states with real amplitudes and their geometrical representation on a three-dimensional sphere. Maximally entangled states form two perpendicular disjoint circles, while unentangled states are π/4 units away from maximally entangled states. States connected by local gates are equidistant to the pair of circles.
We study the set of two-qubit pure states with real amplitudes and their geometrical representation in the three-dimensional sphere. In this representation, we show that the maximally entangled states-those locally equivalent to the Bell states-form two disjoint circles perpendicular to each other. We also show that taking the natural Riemannian metric on the sphere, the set of states connected by local gates are equidistant to this pair of circles. Moreover, the unentangled or so-called product states are pi/4 units away to the maximally entangled states. This is, the unentangled states are the farthest away to the maximally entangled states. In this way, if we define two states to be equivalent if they are connected by local gates, we have that there are as many equivalent classes as points in the interval [0,pi/4] with the point 0 corresponding to the maximally entangled states. The point pi/4 corresponds to the unentangled states which geometrically are described by a torus. Finally, for every 0 < d < pi/4 the point d corresponds to a disjoint pair of torus. Finally, we also show how this geometrical interpretation allows to clearly see that any pair of two-qubit states with real amplitudes can be connected with a circuit that only has single-qubit gates and one controlled-Z gate.

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