Quantum network-entanglement measures

Quantum networks are of high interest nowadays and a quantum internet has been long envisioned. Network-entanglement adapts the notion of entanglement to the network scenario and network-entangled states are considered to be a resource to overcome the limitations of a given network structure. In thi...

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Main Authors: Zhen-Peng Xu, Julio I. de Vicente, Liang-Liang Sun, Sixia Yu
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Language:English
Published: Verein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften 2025-05-01
Series:Quantum
Online Access:https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2025-05-06-1736/pdf/
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description Quantum networks are of high interest nowadays and a quantum internet has been long envisioned. Network-entanglement adapts the notion of entanglement to the network scenario and network-entangled states are considered to be a resource to overcome the limitations of a given network structure. In this work, we introduce measures of quantum network-entanglement that are well-defined within the general framework of quantum resource theories, which at the same time have a clear operational interpretation characterizing the extra resources necessary to prepare a targeted quantum state within a given network. In particular, we define the network communication cost and the network round complexity, which turn out to be intimately related to graph-theoretic parameters. We also provide methods to estimate these measures by introducing novel witnesses of network-entanglement.
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spelling doaj-art-ee82fa4588304f3799f57913711e2e4c2025-08-20T03:52:15ZengVerein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den QuantenwissenschaftenQuantum2521-327X2025-05-019173610.22331/q-2025-05-06-173610.22331/q-2025-05-06-1736Quantum network-entanglement measuresZhen-Peng XuJulio I. de VicenteLiang-Liang SunSixia YuQuantum networks are of high interest nowadays and a quantum internet has been long envisioned. Network-entanglement adapts the notion of entanglement to the network scenario and network-entangled states are considered to be a resource to overcome the limitations of a given network structure. In this work, we introduce measures of quantum network-entanglement that are well-defined within the general framework of quantum resource theories, which at the same time have a clear operational interpretation characterizing the extra resources necessary to prepare a targeted quantum state within a given network. In particular, we define the network communication cost and the network round complexity, which turn out to be intimately related to graph-theoretic parameters. We also provide methods to estimate these measures by introducing novel witnesses of network-entanglement.https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2025-05-06-1736/pdf/
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