Certification of Non-Gaussian States with Operational Measurements

Quantum discord for Gaussian states with non-Gaussian measurements

Paolo Giorda,1 Michele Allegra,1,2,3 and Matteo G. A. Paris4,5 1Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation (ISI), I-10126 Torino, Italy 2Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy 3INFN, Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy 4Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy 5CNISM, Unità di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy (Received 1...

Quantum steering of Gaussian states via non-Gaussian measurements

Quantum steering-a strong correlation to be verified even when one party or its measuring device is fully untrusted-not only provides a profound insight into quantum physics but also offers a crucial basis for practical applications. For continuous-variable (CV) systems, Gaussian states among others have been extensively studied, however, mostly confined to Gaussian measurements. While the fulf...

Non-Gaussian states by conditional measurements

We address realistic schemes for the generation of non-Gaussian states of light based on conditional intensity measurements performed on correlated bipartite states. We consider both quantum and classically correlated states and different kind of detection, comparing the resulting non Gaussianity parameters upon varying the input energy and the detection efficiency. We find that quantum correla...

Driving non-Gaussian to Gaussian states with linear optics

We introduce a protocol that maps finite-dimensional pure input states onto approximately Gaussian states in an iterative procedure. This protocol can be used to distill highly entangled bipartite Gaussian states from a supply of weakly entangled pure Gaussian states. The entire procedure requires only the use of passive optical elements and photon detectors, which solely distinguish between th...

Data Association Techniques for Non-Gaussian Measurements