Entropic characterization of Separability in Gaussian states

Sudha Shenoy, A. R. Usha Devi, A. K. Rajagopal

Published 2009-09-06, updated 2010-02-28Version 3

We explore separability of bipartite divisions of mixed Gaussian states based on the positivity of the Abe-Rajagopal (AR) q-conditional entropy. The AR q-conditional entropic characterization provide more stringent restrictions on separability (in the limit q tending to infinity) than that obtained from the corresponding von Neumann conditional entropy (q = 1 case)--similar to the situation in finite dimensional states. Effectiveness of this approach, in relation to the results obtained by partial transpose criterion, is explicitly analyzed in three illustrative examples of two-mode Gaussian states of physical significance.