Extremality of Gaussian quantum states
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Publication:6502635
DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.96.080502arXivquant-ph/0509154WikidataQ59458732 ScholiaQ59458732MaRDI QIDQ6502635FDOQ6502635
Michael M. Wolf, Géza Giedke, J. Ignacio Cirac
Abstract: We investigate Gaussian quantum states in view of their exceptional role within the space of all continuous variables states. A general method for deriving extremality results is provided and applied to entanglement measures, secret key distillation and the classical capacity of Bosonic quantum channels. We prove that for every given covariance matrix the distillable secret key rate and the entanglement, if measured appropriately, are minimized by Gaussian states. This result leads to a clearer picture of the validity of frequently made Gaussian approximations. Moreover, it implies that Gaussian encodings are optimal for the transmission of classical information through Bosonic channels, if the capacity is additive.
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