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. 2012 Aug 28;3:1026. doi: 10.1038/ncomms2033

Table 1. Inseparability of entangled modes.

N I II III IV V VI VII Average
2 0.39             0.39
3 0.56 0.56           0.56
4 0.64 0.63 0.64         0.64
5 0.69 0.69 0.70 0.70       0.69
6 0.73 0.73 0.75 0.74 0.74     0.74
7 0.77 0.78 0.77 0.76 0.77 0.77   0.77
8
0.79
0.79
0.78
0.81
0.79
0.80
0.79
0.79

Data are based on the van Loock–Furusawa criteria, given in equation (4). Each row shows that for a basis of N quantum modes, the N−1 values obtained from quadrature variances are well below 1. This verifies entanglement of the N modes.

Uncertainty is ±0.01 in all cases.