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Sumit Nandi

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Genuine multipartite entanglement detection with mutually unbiased bases (MUBs)

In the present paper, a novel framework to detect genuine multipartite entanglement (GME) has been presented by computing correlations in mutually unbiased bases (MUBs). It has been shown that correlation obtained by measuring in MUBs of all biseparable multipartite states satisfy a bound, whereas GME states violate it. Thus, the presented framework turns out to be a sufficient criterion to detect entanglement in many body scenario. The methodology paves a suitable way to demonstrate certification of different classes of tripartite and quadripartite GME states. In addition to its operational universality, correlation obtained by measuring in MUBs is shown to be juxtaposed with few well known genuine tripartite and quadripartite entanglement measures.

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Breaking Quantum Key Distributions under Quantum Switch-Based Attack

Quantum key distribution (QKD) enables secure key sharing between distant parties, with several protocols proven resilient against conventional eavesdropping strategies. Here, we introduce a new attack scenario where an eavesdropper, Eve, exploits a quantum switch using the indefinite causal order to intercept and manipulate quantum communication channel. Using multiple metrics such as the information gain, mutual information, and Bell violation, we demonstrate that the presence of a quantum switch significantly compromises QKD security. Our results highlight a previously overlooked vulnerability, emphasizing the need for countermeasures against quantum-controlled adversarial strategies.

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Genuine entanglement detection via projection map in multipartite systems

We present a formalism to detect genuine multipartite entanglement by considering projection map which is a positive but not completely positive map. Projection map has been motivated by the no-pancake theorem which repudiates the existence of a quantum operation that maps the Bloch sphere onto a disk along its equator. The not complete positivity feature of projection map is explored to investigate genuine multipartite entanglement in arbitrary N-qubit quantum systems. Our proposed framework can detect some important classes of genuinely entangled states in tripartite and quadripartite scenarios. We provide illustrative example to show the efficacy of our formalism to detect a class of tripartite PPT bound entangled states. Finally, we construct a suitable witness operator based on projection map to certify genuine tripartite entanglement, which is likely to be feasible experimentally.

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Necessary criterion for extracting thermodynamical work from qudit-entangled state

A novel criterion of extracting thermodynamical work from a bipartite pure qudit-entangled state by means of local operation and classical communication (LOCC) has been presented. We have shown that non-vanishing $G$-concurrence is a necessary condition to extract work from an higher dimensional entangled state in LOCC paradigm.

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Monogamy of entanglement of maximal dimension

In the present paper, a trade off of sharing of entanglement between subsystems of a higher dimensional quantum state is derived. It is presented in terms of an inequality which is analogous to the Coffman-Kundu-Wootters inequality that succinctly describes monogamy of entanglement in $\mathcal{C}^2\otimes \mathcal{C}^2\otimes \mathcal{C}^2$ dimensional pure state. To derive the monogamy inequality in $\mathcal{C}^d\otimes \mathcal{C}^d\otimes \mathcal{C}^d$ dimension, G-concurrence measure of entanglement is considered as a measure of entanglement of maximal dimension. The approach of the present paper incidentally points towards a rigorous framework which enables us to obtain an upper bound of G-concurrence of a bipartite qudit mixed state. Obtained upper bound of G-concurrence is then shown to satisfy a monogamy relation.

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Wigner's approach enabled detection of multipartite nonlocality using all different bipartitions

Distinct from Bell's approach, Wigner had derived a form of local realist (LR) inequality which is quantum mechanically violated for a bipartite maximally entangled state. Subsequently, this approach was generalized to obtain a multipartite LR inequality. However, the violation of such generalised Wigner's inequality does not guarantee nonlocality between all possible different bipartitions of the multipartite system. In the present work, this limitation has been overcome by formulating a further generalisation of Wigner's approach through the derivation of a set of LR inequalities with respect to all different bipartitions of a N-partite system. Quantum mechanical violations of all individual LR inequalities belonging to such a set would rigorously certify multipartite nonlocality by also providing a finer characterisation of the nature of multipartite nonlocality in the following sense. The quantum mechanical violation of any given inequality of our complete set of LR inequalities would enable identification of the corresponding bipartition which exhibits nonlocality. This is in contrast to other multipartite LR inequalities such as the Svetlichny inequality or its generalisation that cannot be used to detect whether there is any particular bipartition which is nonlocally correlated. The efficacy of the scheme developed in this paper is illustrated for the tripartite and quadripartite states.

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Resource state structure for controlled quantum key distribution

Quantum entanglement plays a pivotal role in many communication protocols, like secret sharing and quantum cryptography. We consider a scenario where more than two parties are involved in a protocol and share a multipartite entangled state. In particular, we considered the protocol of Controlled Quantum Key Distribution (CoQKD), introduced in the Ref. Chin. Phys. Lett. 20, 183-185 (2003), where, two parties, Alice and Bob establish a key with the cooperation of other parties. Other parties control/supervise whether Alice and Bob can establish the key, its security and key rate. We discuss the case of three parties in detail and find suitable resource states. We discuss the controlling power of the third party, Charlie. We also examine the usefulness of the new resource states for generating conference key and for cooperative teleportation. We find that recently introduced Bell inequalities can be useful to establish the security of the conference key. We also generalize the scenario to more than three parties.

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Two-qubit mixed states and teleportation fidelity: Purity, concurrence, and beyond

To explore the properties of a two-qubit mixed state, we consider quantum teleportation. The fidelity of a teleported state depends on the resource state purity and entanglement, as characterized by concurrence. Concurrence and purity are functions of state parameters. However, it turns out that a state with larger purity and concurrence, may have comparatively smaller fidelity. By computing teleportation fidelity, concurrence and purity for two-qubit X-states, we show it explicitly. We further show that fidelity changes monotonically with respect to functions of parameters - other than concurrence and purity. A state with smaller concurrence and purity, but larger value of one of these functions has larger fidelity. These functions, thus characterize nonlocal classical and/or quantum properties of the state that are not captured by purity and concurrence alone. In particular, concurrence is not enough to characterize the entanglement properties of a two-qubit mixed state.

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More Communication with Less Entanglement

We exhibit the intriguing phenomena of "Less is More" using a set of multipartite entangled states. We consider the quantum communication protocols for the {\em exact} teleportation, superdense coding, and quantum key distribution. We find that sometimes {\em less} entanglement is {\em more} useful. To understand this phenomena we obtain a condition that a resource state must satisfy to communicate a $n$-qubit pure state with $m$ terms. We find that the an appropriate partition of the resource state should have a von-Neumann entropy of ${\rm log}_{2} m$. Furthermore, it is shown that some states may be suitable for exact superdense coding, but not for exact teleportation.

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