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Revealing hidden quantum steerability using local filtering operations

Tanumoy Pramanik, Young-Wook Cho, Sang-Wook Han, Sang-Yun Lee, Yong-Su Kim, and Sung Moon
Phys. Rev. A 99, 030101(R) – Published 1 March 2019
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Abstract

Nonlocal quantum correlation is at the heart of the bizarre nature of quantum physics. While there are various classes of nonlocal quantum correlation, steerability of a quantum state by local measurements provides unique operational features. Here, we theoretically and experimentally investigate the “hidden” property of quantum steerability. In particular, we find that there are initially unsteerable states which can reveal the steerability by using local filters on individual quantum systems. It is remarkable that a certain set of local filters is more effective in revealing steerability than Bell nonlocality whereas there exists another set of filters that is more effective in revealing Bell nonlocality than steerability. This result suggests the structural difference between entanglement and steerability. Finally, we present a counterintuitive result that mixed states originating from nonmaximally pure entangled states can have hidden steerability while the mixed state from a maximally pure entangled state fails to show steerability.

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  • Received 9 May 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.99.030101

©2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Quantum Information, Science & TechnologyGeneral Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Tanumoy Pramanik1,*, Young-Wook Cho1, Sang-Wook Han1, Sang-Yun Lee1, Yong-Su Kim1,2,†, and Sung Moon1,2

  • 1Center for Quantum Information, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
  • 2Division of Nano & Information Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea

  • *tanu.pra99@gmail.com
  • yong-su.kim@kist.re.kr

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Vol. 99, Iss. 3 — March 2019

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