Entanglement of Formation for Isotropic States

Barbara M. Terhal, Karl Gerd H. Vollbrecht

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Abstract

We give an explicit expression for the entanglement of formation for isotropic density matrices in arbitrary dimensions in terms of the convex hull of a simple function. For two qutrit isotropic states we determine the convex hull and we have strong evidence for its exact form for arbitrary dimension. Unlike for two qubits, the entanglement of formation for two qutrits or more is found to be a nonanalytic function of the maximally entangled fraction in the regime where the density matrix is entangled.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2625-2628
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume85
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

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