A new approach to characterize qubit channels
Abstract
We analyze qubit channels by exploiting the possibility of representing two-level quantum systems in terms of characteristic functions. To do so, we use functions of non-commuting variables (Grassmann variables), defined in terms of generalized displacement operators, following an approach which resemble the one adopted for continuous-variable (Bosonic) systems. It allows us to introduce the notion of qubit Gaussian channels and to show that they share similar properties with the corresponding continuous-variable counterpart. Some examples of qubit channels are investigated using this approach.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0802.2822,
title = {A new approach to characterize qubit channels},
author = {Filippo Caruso and Vittorio Giovannetti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.2822},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
6 pages, accepted for publication in the special issue of IJQI "Noise, Information and Complexity at Quantum Scale", eds. S. Mancini and F. Marchesoni (2008)