Experimental investigation on the geometry of GHZ states

Abstract Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states and their mixtures exhibit fascinating properties. A complete basis of GHZ states can be constructed by properly choosing local basis rotations. We demonstrate this experimentally for the Hilbert space $${{\mathbb{C}}}_{2}^{\otimes 4}$$ ℂ 2 ⊗ 4 by en...

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Autores principales: Gonzalo Carvacho, Francesco Graffitti, Vincenzo D’Ambrosio, Beatrix C. Hiesmayr, Fabio Sciarrino
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4c53e9f3b6284175b7c9bf2d90eb071c2021-12-02T15:05:41ZExperimental investigation on the geometry of GHZ states10.1038/s41598-017-13124-62045-2322https://doaj.org/article/4c53e9f3b6284175b7c9bf2d90eb071c2017-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13124-6https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states and their mixtures exhibit fascinating properties. A complete basis of GHZ states can be constructed by properly choosing local basis rotations. We demonstrate this experimentally for the Hilbert space $${{\mathbb{C}}}_{2}^{\otimes 4}$$ ℂ 2 ⊗ 4 by entangling two photons in polarization and orbital angular momentum. Mixing GHZ states unmasks different entanglement features based on their particular local geometrical connectedness. In particular, a specific GHZ state in a complete orthonormal basis has a “twin” GHZ state for which equally mixing leads to full separability in opposition to any other basis-state. Exploiting these local geometrical relations provides a toolbox for generating specific types of multipartite entanglement, each providing different benefits in outperforming classical devices. Our experiment investigates these GHZ’s properties exploiting the HMGH framework which allows us to study the geometry for the different depths of entanglement in our system and showing a good stability and fidelity thus admitting a scaling in degrees of freedom and advanced operational manipulations.Gonzalo CarvachoFrancesco GraffittiVincenzo D’AmbrosioBeatrix C. HiesmayrFabio SciarrinoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)
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Gonzalo Carvacho
Francesco Graffitti
Vincenzo D’Ambrosio
Beatrix C. Hiesmayr
Fabio Sciarrino
Experimental investigation on the geometry of GHZ states
description Abstract Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states and their mixtures exhibit fascinating properties. A complete basis of GHZ states can be constructed by properly choosing local basis rotations. We demonstrate this experimentally for the Hilbert space $${{\mathbb{C}}}_{2}^{\otimes 4}$$ ℂ 2 ⊗ 4 by entangling two photons in polarization and orbital angular momentum. Mixing GHZ states unmasks different entanglement features based on their particular local geometrical connectedness. In particular, a specific GHZ state in a complete orthonormal basis has a “twin” GHZ state for which equally mixing leads to full separability in opposition to any other basis-state. Exploiting these local geometrical relations provides a toolbox for generating specific types of multipartite entanglement, each providing different benefits in outperforming classical devices. Our experiment investigates these GHZ’s properties exploiting the HMGH framework which allows us to study the geometry for the different depths of entanglement in our system and showing a good stability and fidelity thus admitting a scaling in degrees of freedom and advanced operational manipulations.
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author Gonzalo Carvacho
Francesco Graffitti
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title Experimental investigation on the geometry of GHZ states
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