Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-29-2010
Abstract
Several families of states such as Werner states, Bell-diagonal states, and Dicke states are useful in understanding multipartite entanglement. Here we present a (2N+1-1)-parameter family of N-qubit "X states" that embraces all those families, generalizing previously defined states for two qubits. We also present the algebra of the operators that characterize the states and an iterative construction for this algebra, a subalgebra of su(2N). We show how a variety of entanglement witnesses can detect entanglement in such states. Connections are also made to structures in projective geometry. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Recommended Citation
Vinjanampathy, S., & Rau, A. (2010). Generalized X states of N qubits and their symmetries. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 82 (3) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.032336