Abstract

We introduce a technique to detect separable states using semidefinite programs. This approach provides a sufficient condition for separability of a state that is based on the existence of a certain local linear map applied to a known separable state. When a state is shown to be separable, a proof of this fact is provided in the form of an explicit convex decomposition of the state in terms of product states. All states in the interior of the set of separable states can be detected in this way, except maybe for a set of measure zero. Even though this technique is more suited for a numerical approach, an analytical criterion for separability can also be derived.

Date

January 1, 1970

Authors

Federico M Spedalieri

Journal

Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volume

76

Issue

3

Pages

032318

Publisher

American Physical Society