Phys. Rev. A 67, 060301 (2003) [4 pages]

Analytical formula connecting entangled states and the closest disentangled state

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Satoshi Ishizaka
Fundamental Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 34 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8501, Japan

Rapid Communication Received 21 January 2003; published 3 June 2003

The separable state closest to a given entangled state in the relative entropy measure is called the closest disentangled state. We provide an analytical formula connecting the entangled states and the closest disentangled state in two qubits. Using this formula, when any disentangled state σ located at the entangle-disentangle boundary is given, entangled states to which σ is closest can be obtained analytically. Further, this formula naturally defines the direction normal to the boundary surface. The direction is uniquely determined by σ in almost all cases.


©2003 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.060301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.060301
PACS: 03.67.-a, 03.65.Ud

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