Family of two-parameter multipartite entanglement measures
Multipartite entanglement is regarded as a crucial physical resource in quantum network communication. However, due to the intrinsic complexity of quantum many-body systems, identifying a multipartite entanglement measure that is both efficiently computable and capable of accurately characterizing entanglement remains a challenging problem. To address these issues, we propose a family of two-parameter multipartite entanglement measures for mixed states, termed unified-entropy concentratable entanglements. Many well-known multipartite entanglement measures are recovered as special cases of this family of measures, such as the entanglement of formation and the concentratable entanglements introduced by Beckey et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140501 (2021)]. We demonstrate that the unified-entropy concentratable entanglements constitute well-defined entanglement monotones and establish several desirable properties they satisfy, such as subadditivity and continuity. We further investigate the ordering relations of unified-entropy concentratable entanglements and discuss how these quantities can be efficiently estimated on near-term quantum devices. As an application, we demonstrate that the unified-entropy concentratable entanglements can effectively distinguish between multiqubit Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states and W states. The ordering relations of these entanglement measures are further validated using four-partite star quantum network states and four-qubit Dicke states. Moreover, we find that the unified-entropy concentratable entanglements exhibit greater sensitivity than the original concentratable entanglements in detecting certain four-partite star quantum network states.
Authors
- Yu Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2998-3288)
- Fanxu Meng
- Chen‐Ming Bai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6255-8796)
- Zhihua Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5881-4670)
Institutions
- Nanjing Tech University (CN)
- Shaanxi Normal University (CN)
- Shijiazhuang Tiedao University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. A/Physical review, A
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/7gg9-klc4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.48