W state

English

Etymology

From the first initial of Wolfgang Dür, one of the first people to report this state.

Noun

1. A quantum state of three qubits which has the following shape: $|W⟩=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}(|001⟩+|010⟩+|100⟩)$. It is remarkable for representing a specific type of multipartite entanglement and for occurring in several applications in quantum information theory.

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