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Quantifying Two-Mode Entanglement of Bosonic Gaussian States from Their Full Counting Statistics
Victor Gondret1, Clothilde Lamirault1, Rui Dias1
1Laboratoire Charles Fabry, CNRS, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau, France.
Physical Review Letters
|September 22, 2025
Summary
Measuring particle number correlations in bosonic Gaussian states can reveal quantum entanglement. Two- and four-body correlations fully characterize entanglement in thermal states, with two-body correlations also forming an entanglement witness.
Area of Science:
- Quantum optics
- Quantum information science
- Many-body physics
Background:
- Entanglement is a key quantum resource.
- Characterizing entanglement in bosonic systems is challenging.
- Previous methods often require assumptions about field coherence.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop methods for detecting entanglement in bosonic Gaussian states.
- To utilize multi-mode counting statistics for entanglement characterization.
- To establish entanglement witnesses based on measurable correlations.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of multi-mode counting statistics.
- Calculation of two- and four-body number correlations.
- Derivation of an entanglement witness from correlations.
Main Results:
- Two- and four-body number correlations fully characterize entanglement in two-mode thermal bosonic Gaussian states.
- An entanglement witness can be constructed using only two-body correlations.
- The methods are applicable without assumptions on field coherence.
Conclusions:
- Multi-mode counting statistics provide a robust tool for revealing entanglement.
- Experimental verification of entanglement in bosonic systems is facilitated.
- The findings have implications for quantum technologies and fundamental physics.
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