Multipartite entanglement in three-mode Gaussian states of continuous-variable systems: Quantification, sharing structure, and decoherence

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Adesso, Gerardo ^a,b   Serafini, Alessio ^c,d   Illuminati, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAKI-LIEB INEQUALITY; GAUSSIAN STATES; MULTIPARTITE ENTANGLEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); THERMAL NOISE;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 33645524921     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.032345     Document Type: Article

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