Entanglement witnesses and geometry of entanglement of two-qutrit states Original Research Article

We construct entanglement witnesses with regard to the geometric structure of the Hilbert–Schmidt space and investigate the geometry of entanglement. In particular, for a two-parameter family of two-qutrit states that are part of the magic simplex, we calculate the Hilbert–Schmidt measure of entanglement. We present a method to detect bound entanglement which is illustrated for a three-parameter family of states. In this way, we discover new regions of bound entangled states. Furthermore, we outline how to use our method to distinguish entangled from separable states.