title: Controllable gaussian-qubit interface for extremal quantum state engineering.
abstract: We study state engineering through bilinear interactions between two remote qubits and two-mode gaussian light fields. The attainable two-qubit states span the entire physically allowed region in the entanglement-versus-global-purity plane. Two-mode gaussian states with maximal entanglement at fixed global and marginal entropies produce maximally entangled two-qubit states in the corresponding entropic diagram. We show that a small set of parameters characterizing extremally entangled two-mode gaussian states is sufficient to control the engineering of extremally entangled two-qubit states, which can be realized in realistic matter-light scenarios.
authors.affiliation: School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Adesso
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Illuminati
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paternostro