Geometry of Gaussian quantum states

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/48/27/275301zbMATH Open1320.60097arXiv1503.02471OpenAlexW1694303951MaRDI QIDQ5264419FDOQ5264419

Valentin Link, Walter T. Strunz

Publication date: 27 July 2015

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the Hilbert-Schmidt measure on the manifold of mixed Gaussian states in multi mode continuous variable quantum systems. An analytical expression for the Hilbert-Schmidt volume element is derived. Its corresponding probability measure can be used to study typical properties of Gaussian states. It turns out that although the manifold of Gaussian states is unbounded, an ensemble of Gaussian states distributed according to this measure still has a normalizable distribution of symplectic eigenvalues, from which unitarily invariant properties can be obtained. By contrast, we find that for an ensemble of one-mode Gaussian states based on the Bures measure the corresponding distribution cannot be normalized. As important applications, we determine the distribution and the mean value of von Neumann entropy and purity for the Hilbert-Schmidt measure.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.02471

zbMATH Keywords

geometryentanglementHilbert-Schmidt measuresqueezed thermal stateGaussian quantum states

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gaussian processes (60G15) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10)

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