We use entropic uncertainty relations to formulate inequalities that witness Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) steering correlations in diverse quantum systems. We then use these inequalities to formulate symmetric EPR-steering inequalities using the mutual information. We explore the differing natures of the correlations captured by one-way and symmetric steering inequalities, and examine the possibility of exclusive one-way steerability in two-qubit states. Furthermore, we show that steering inequalities can be extended to generalized positive operator valued measures (POVMs), and we also derive hybrid-steering inequalities between alternate degrees of freedom.

We generalize the derivation of Leggett-Garg inequalities to systematically treat a larger class of experimental situations by allowing multi-particle correlations, invasive detection, and ambiguous detector results. Furthermore, we show how many such inequalities may be tested simultaneously with a single setup. As a proof of principle, we violate several such two-particle inequalities with data obtained from a polarization-entangled biphoton state and a semi-weak polarization measurement based on Fresnel reflection. We also point out a non-trivial connection between specific two-party Leggett-Garg inequality violations and convex sums of strange weak values.

We present a protocol for large-alphabet quantum key distribution (QKD) using energy-time entangled biphotons. Binned, high-resolution timing measurements are used to generate a large-alphabet key with over 10 bits of information per photon pair, albeit with large noise. QKD with 5% bit error rate is demonstrated with 4 bits of information per photon pair, where the security of the quantum channel is determined by the visibility of Franson interference fringes. The protocol is easily generalizable to even larger alphabets, and utilizes energy-time entanglement which is robust to transmission over large distances in fiber.

We find an algebraic formula for the N -partite concurrence of N qubits in an X-matrix. X-matrices are density matrices whose only non-zero elements are diagonal or anti-diagonal when written in an orthonormal basis. We use our formula to study the dynamics of the N -partite entanglement of N remote qubits in generalized N -party Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states. We study the case in which each qubit interacts with a local amplitude damping channel. It is shown that only one type of GHZ state loses its entanglement in finite time; for the rest, N -partite entanglement dies out asymptotically. Algebraic formulas for the entanglement dynamics are given in both cases. We directly confirm that the half-life of the entanglement is proportional to the inverse of N . When entanglement vanishes in finite time, the time at which entanglement vanishes can decrease or increase with N depending on the initial state. In the macroscopic limit, this time is independent of the initial entanglement.

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