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GHZ extraction yield for multipartite stabilizer states

arXiv:quant-ph/0504208 · doi:10.1063/1.2203431

Abstract

Let be an arbitrary stabilizer state distributed between three remote parties, such that each party holds several qubits. Let be a stabilizer group of . We show that can be converted by local unitaries into a collection of singlets, GHZ states, and local one-qubit states. The numbers of singlets and GHZs are determined by dimensions of certain subgroups of . For an arbitrary number of parties we find a formula for the maximal number of -partite GHZ states that can be extracted from by local unitaries. A connection with earlier introduced measures of multipartite correlations is made. An example of an undecomposable four-party stabilizer state with more than one qubit per party is given. These results are derived from a general theoretical framework that allows one to study interconversion of multipartite stabilizer states by local Clifford group operators. As a simple application, we study three-party entanglement in two-dimensional lattice models that can be exactly solved by the stabilizer formalism.

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