Maximal entanglement versus entropy for mixed quantum states

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 12-

  Wei, Tzu Chieh ^a   Nemoto, Kae ^b   Goldbart, Paul M ^a   Kwiat, Paul G ^a   Munro, William J ^c   Verstraete, Frank ^d  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 85037212397     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.022110     Document Type: Article

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