Entangled Qubit States and Linear Entropy in the Probability Representation of Quantum Mechanics

Abstract

The superposition states of two qubits including entangled Bell states are considered in the probability representation of quantum mechanics. The superposition principle formulated in terms of the nonlinear addition rule of the state density matrices is formulated as a nonlinear addition rule of the probability distributions describing the qubit states. The generalization of the entanglement properties to the case of superposition of two-mode oscillator states is discussed using the probability representation of quantum states.

Keywords

• probability distributions
• Bell states
• qubits
• symplectic tomogram
• linear entropy