Unified Framework to Determine Gaussian States in Continuous Variable Systems

F. NICACIO; F. TOSCANO; A. VALDÉS-HERNÁNDEZ; MAJTEY, A. P.

Workshop; VI QUANTUM INFORMATION SCHOOL AND WORKSHOP; 2017

Gaussian states are the backbone of quantum information protocols with continuous variable systems, whose power relies fundamentally in the entanglement between the different modes. In the case of global pure states, knowledge of the reduced states in a given bipartition of a multipartite quantum system bears information on the entanglement in such bipartition. For Gaussian states, the reduced states are also Gaussian , so its determination requires essentially the experimental determination of its covariance matrix. Here, we develop strategies to de- termine the covariance matrix of an arbitrary n−mode bosonic Gaussian state through measurement of the total phase acquired when appropriate metaplectic evolutions, associated with quadratic Hamiltonians, are applied. Simply one-mode metaplectic evolutions, such rotations, squeezing and shear transformations, in addition to a single two-mode mode rotation, allows to determine all the covariance matrix elements of a n−mode bosonic system. Our method is experimentally friendly to be implemented in the most currently used continuous variable systems.