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arxiv: 1403.6264 · v2 · pith:6MRSEWSZnew · submitted 2014-03-25 · 🪐 quant-ph

Quantum non-Gaussianity witnesses in the phase space

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keywords statescriteriaquantumwitnessesderivemethodnon-gaussiannon-gaussianity
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We address detection of quantum non-Gaussian states, i.e. nonclassical states that cannot be expressed as a convex mixture of Gaussian states, and present a method to derive a new family of criteria based on generic linear functionals. We then specialise this method to derive witnesses based on $s$-parametrized quasiprobability functions, generalising previous criteria based on the Wigner function. In particular we discuss in detail and analyse the properties of Husimi Q-function based witnesses and prove that they are often more effective than previous criteria in detecting quantum non-Gaussianity of various kinds of non-Gaussian states evolving in a lossy channel.

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