Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state

Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state

In physics, in the area of quantum information theory, a Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state is a certain type of entangled quantum state which involves at least three subsystems (particles). It was first studied by D. Greenberger, M.A. Horne and Anton Zeilinger in 1989. [ [http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0921 Daniel M. Greenberger, Michael A. Horne, and Anton Zeilinger, "Going beyond Bell’s Theorem"] ] They have noticed the extremely non-classical properties of the state.

Definition

The GHZ state is an entangled quantum state of M>2 subsystems. In the case of each of the subsytems being two-dimensional, that is for qubits, it reads:|mathrm{GHZ} angle = frac{|0 angle^{otimes M} + |1 angle^{otimes M{sqrt{2.In simple words it is a quantum superposition of all subsystems being in state 0 with all of them being in state 1 (states 0 and 1 of a single subsystem are fully distinguishable).

The simplest one is the 3-qubit GHZ state:|mathrm{GHZ} angle = frac{|000 angle + |111 angle}{sqrt{2.

Properties

Apparently there is no standard measure of multi-partite entanglement, but many measures define the GHZ to be "maximally entangled".

Another important property of the GHZ state is that when we trace over one of the three systemswe get:mathrm{Tr}_3ig((|000 angle + |111 angle)(langle 000|+langle 111|) ig) = |00 angle langle 00| + |11 angle langle 11|which is an unentangled mixed state. It has certain two-particle (qubit) correlations, but these are of a classical nature.

On the other hand, if we were to measure one of the subsystems, in such a way that the measurement distinguishes between the states 0 and 1, we will leave behind either |00 angle or |11 angle which are unentangled pure states. This is unlike the W state which leaves bipartite entanglements even when we measure one of its subsystems.

The GHZ state leads to striking non-classical correlations (1989). Particles prepared in this state lead to a version of Bell's theorem, which shows the internal inconsistency of the notion of elements-of-reality introduced in the famous Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paper. The first laboratory observation of GHZ correlations was by the group of Anton Zeilinger (1998). Many, more accurate observations followed. The correlations can be utilized in some quantum information tasks. These include multipartner quantum cryptography (1998) and communication complexity tasks (1997, 2004).

ee also

* Bell's theorem
* Bell state
* Local hidden variable theory
* Quantum entanglement
* Qubit
* Measurement in quantum mechanics

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