A Fundamental Theorem on Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Steering

TL;DR

This paper establishes a fundamental theorem showing that all rank-2 (and rank-1) entangled states exhibit EPR steerability, expanding the understanding of quantum nonlocality resources beyond Bell's nonlocality.

Contribution

It presents a Gisin-like fundamental theorem for EPR steering, demonstrating that all rank-2 and rank-1 entangled states are steerable, which was previously unestablished.

Findings

All rank-2 entangled states possess EPR steerability.

Rank-1 entangled states are also steerable.

This broadens the class of entangled states usable as EPR-steering resources.

Abstract

Quantum nonlocality is an essential nonlocality resource in quantum information. It has been classified into three distinct types: quantum entanglement, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) steering, and Bell's nonlocality. In 1991, Gisin presented a fundamental theorem on Bell's nonlocality, pointing out all pure entangled states possess Bell's nonloclaity. Many of the core protocols of quantum information science (such as quantum teleportation, quantum key distribution, and certain algorithms in quantum computing) rely on entanglement. Gisin's theorem tells us that as long as we successfully prepare a pure entangled state, we then have a Bell-nonlocality resource that can show the non-classical correlations. Such a resource is not ``virtual'' and can be tested and used through Bell-experiments. Similarly, in this work, we present a Gisin-like fundamental theorem on EPR steering, which indicates all rank-2 (and rank-1) entangled states possess EPR steerability. Thus all rank-2 entangled states can be applicable as EPR-steering resources in quantum information.