Nonlinear entanglement witnesses based on continuous-variable local orthogonal observables for bipartite systems

Abstract

In this paper, a nonlinear entanglement witness criterion based on continuous-variable local orthogonal observables for bipartite states is established, which is strictly stronger than the the linear entanglement witnesses criterion introduced by Zhang et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 111:190501, 2013). This criterion is particularly applied to two-mode Gaussian states yielding a criterion in terms of the covariance matrix. Comparison with CCNR criterion is discussed.