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Distinguishability of hyperentangled Bell state by linear evolution and local projective measurement

arXiv:1109.1584 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.022340

Abstract

Measuring an entangled state of two particles is crucial to many quantum communication protocols. Yet Bell state distinguishability using a finite apparatus obeying linear evolution and local measurement is theoretically limited. We extend known bounds for Bell-state distinguishability in one and two variables to the general case of entanglement in two-state variables. We show that at most classes out of hyper-Bell states can be distinguished with one copy of the input state. With two copies, complete distinguishability is possible. We present optimal schemes in each case.

5 pages, 2 figures

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