Gaussian entanglement and quantum communication: geodesic optimization and multimode bounds
Abstract
Loss and noise limit the use of light to distribute entanglement, transmit quantum information, and establish secret keys. Gaussian states have a compact description in terms of means and covariance matrices, but their entanglement still requires global optimization. We develop a framework for computing Gaussian-restricted versions of the relative entropy of entanglement and Rains entanglement. An integral representation reveals a convex geometry under matrix geometric means and reduces Gaussian Rains entanglement to relative entropy minimized over Gaussian states with positive partial transpose. We obtain unique optimal reference states and additivity for independent Gaussian input states. Our convex-majorization algorithm has an explicit geometric convergence rate, uniform in the faithful regularization parameter and valid for pure input states. Controlled numerical integration and approximate convex subproblem solutions give a bit-complexity bound that is polynomial in accuracy bits for each fixed rational input covariance matrix, with explicit dependence on covariance size. These calculations bound extractable entanglement and, through the relative entropy of entanglement, extractable secret key. Teleportation simulation, energy allocation, and a convex optimization of passive-basis loss cores give bounds on quantum and private communication under an input-energy constraint, allowing arbitrary two-way classically assisted protocols. Two- and three-mode examples compare the bounds with achievable rates, including matching pure-loss benchmarks. Finally, we separate the Gaussian-restricted quantities from their unrestricted counterparts and give a photon-number truncation method with controlled error for computing the latter.
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BibTeX
@misc{mishra2026gaussian,
title = {{Gaussian entanglement and quantum communication: geodesic optimization and multimode bounds}},
author = {Hemant K. Mishra and Mark M. Wilde},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.18827},
eprint = {2610.18827},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.18827},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Gaussian entanglement and quantum communication: geodesic optimization and multimode bounds
AU - Hemant K. Mishra
AU - Mark M. Wilde
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/13
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.18827
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.18827
AB - Loss and noise limit the use of light to distribute entanglement, transmit quantum information, and establish secret keys. Gaussian states have a compact description in terms of means and covariance matrices, but their entanglement still requires global optimization. We develop a framework for computing Gaussian-restricted versions of the relative entropy of entanglement and Rains entanglement. An integral representation reveals a convex geometry under matrix geometric means and reduces Gaussian Rains entanglement to relative entropy minimized over Gaussian states with positive partial transpose. We obtain unique optimal reference states and additivity for independent Gaussian input states. Our convex-majorization algorithm has an explicit geometric convergence rate, uniform in the faithful regularization parameter and valid for pure input states. Controlled numerical integration and approximate convex subproblem solutions give a bit-complexity bound that is polynomial in accuracy bits for each fixed rational input covariance matrix, with explicit dependence on covariance size. These calculations bound extractable entanglement and, through the relative entropy of entanglement, extractable secret key. Teleportation simulation, energy allocation, and a convex optimization of passive-basis loss cores give bounds on quantum and private communication under an input-energy constraint, allowing arbitrary two-way classically assisted protocols. Two- and three-mode examples compare the bounds with achievable rates, including matching pure-loss benchmarks. Finally, we separate the Gaussian-restricted quantities from their unrestricted counterparts and give a photon-number truncation method with controlled error for computing the latter.
ER -