Witnessing Wigner Negativity
arXiv:2102.06193 · doi:10.22331/q-2021-06-08-471
Abstract
Negativity of the Wigner function is arguably one of the most striking non-classical features of quantum states. Beyond its fundamental relevance, it is also a necessary resource for quantum speedup with continuous variables. As quantum technologies emerge, the need to identify and characterize the resources which provide an advantage over existing classical technologies becomes more pressing. Here we derive witnesses for Wigner negativity of single-mode and multimode quantum states, based on fidelities with Fock states, which can be reliably measured using standard detection setups. They possess a threshold expectation value indicating whether the measured state has a negative Wigner function. Moreover, the amount of violation provides an operational quantification of Wigner negativity. We phrase the problem of finding the threshold values for our witnesses as an infinite-dimensional linear optimisation problem. By relaxing and restricting the corresponding linear programs, we derive two converging hierarchies of semidefinite programs, which provide numerical sequences of increasingly tighter upper and lower bounds for the threshold values. We further show that our witnesses form a complete family - each Wigner negative state is detected by at least one witness - thus providing a reliable method for experimentally witnessing Wigner negativity of quantum states from few measurements. From a foundational perspective, our findings provide insights on the set of positive Wigner functions which still lacks a proper characterisation.
arXiv comment29 pages + 40 pages of appendices, 6 figures, 4 tables. v2: Added link to the set of Wigner positive states. v3: Extension to the multimode setting. v4: Accepted to Quantum; fixed typos. v5: Mistake in Eq.(57) in v4 and revision accordingly. v6: more details on programs p.6
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