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A Sensitive Quantumness Measure for One-Dimensional Continuous-Variable Systems

Quantum Physics 2026-03-03 v2

Abstract

For one-dimensional continuous-variable quantum systems such as single-mode quantum optical systems, we give a quantification of the quantumness of such a system's state, {\rho}, by introducing the measure of quantumness, {\Xi}, which works for all states, pure or mixed. {\Xi} is a measure which is universal, sensitive, monotonic, and unbounded. {\Xi}[{\rho}] yields a single positive value to quantify how nonclassical {\rho} is. {\Xi} employs phase space distributions to represent {\rho} and is a fixed function, {\Xi}[.], independent of the system, its environment or the type of state.

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@article{arxiv.2311.17399,
  title  = {A Sensitive Quantumness Measure for One-Dimensional Continuous-Variable Systems},
  author = {Ole Steuernagel and Hsien-Yi Hsieh and Yi-Ru Chen and Ray-Kuang Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.17399},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages, 18 Figures