• Chinese Physics B
  • Vol. 29, Issue 8, (2020)
Zhi-Jin Ke1、2, Yi-Tao Wang1、2, Shang Yu1、2, Wei Liu1、2, Yu Meng1、2, Zhi-Peng Li1、2, Hang Wang1、2, Qiang Li1、2, Jin-Shi Xu1、2, Ya Xiao3, Jian-Shun Tang1、2、†, Chuan-Feng Li1、2, and Guang-Can Guo1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 3006, China
  • 3Department of Physics, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab9288 Cite this Article
    Zhi-Jin Ke, Yi-Tao Wang, Shang Yu, Wei Liu, Yu Meng, Zhi-Peng Li, Hang Wang, Qiang Li, Jin-Shi Xu, Ya Xiao, Jian-Shun Tang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo. Detection and quantification of entanglement with measurement-device-independent and universal entanglement witness[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(8): Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Entanglement is the key resource in quantum information processing, and an entanglement witness (EW) is designed to detect whether a quantum system has any entanglement. However, prior knowledge of the target states should be known first to design a suitable EW, which weakens this method. Nevertheless, a recent theory shows that it is possible to design a universal entanglement witness (UEW) to detect negative-partial-transpose (NPT) entanglement in unknown bipartite states with measurement-device-independent (MDI) characteristic. The outcome of a UEW can also be upgraded to be an entanglement measure. In this study, we experimentally design and realize an MDI UEW for two-qubit entangled states. All of the tested states are well-detected without any prior knowledge. We also show that it is able to quantify entanglement by comparing it with concurrence estimated through state tomography. The relation between them is also revealed. The entire experimental framework ensures that the UEW is MDI.
    Zhi-Jin Ke, Yi-Tao Wang, Shang Yu, Wei Liu, Yu Meng, Zhi-Peng Li, Hang Wang, Qiang Li, Jin-Shi Xu, Ya Xiao, Jian-Shun Tang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo. Detection and quantification of entanglement with measurement-device-independent and universal entanglement witness[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(8):
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