Hierarchies of Gaussian multimode entanglement from thermodynamic quantifiers

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Authors: Mrinmoy Samanta, Sudipta Mondal, Ayan Patra, Saptarshi Roy, Aditi Sen De
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Abstract

We develop a thermodynamic characterization of multimode entanglement in pure continuous-variable systems by quantifying the gap between globally and locally extractable work (ergotropy). For arbitrary pure multimode Gaussian states, we prove that the $2$-local ergotropic gap is a faithful entanglement monotone across any bipartition and constitutes a functionally independent upper bound to the Renyi-2 entanglement entropy. We further introduce the $k$-ergotropic score, the minimum $k$-local ergotropic gap, and show that it faithfully quantifies multimode entanglement across $k$ partitions. For pure three-mode Gaussian states, we derive its closed-form relation with the geometric measure for genuine multimode entanglement $(k=2)$, and total Gaussian multimode entanglement $(k=3)$. For systems with more than three modes, the $k$-ergotropic score becomes a functionally independent measure of multimode entanglement to the standard geometric measures. Our results reveal a direct operational hierarchy linking Gaussian multimode entanglement to work extraction under locality constraints, and provide a computable and experimentally accessible thermodynamic framework for characterizing quantum correlations.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Quantum Information and Cryptography Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Quantum Mechanics and Applications

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
21 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint