Classicality in discrete Wigner functions
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Gibbons et al. [Phys. Rev. A 70, 062101(2004)] have recently defined a class of discrete Wigner functions W to represent quantum states in a Hilbert space with finite dimension. We show that the only pure states having non-negative W for all such functions are stabilizer states, as conjectured by one of us [Phys. Rev. A 71, 042302 (2005)]. We also show that the unitaries preserving non-negativity of W for all definitions of W form a subgroup of the Clifford group. This means pure states with non-negative W and their associated unitary dynamics are classical in the sense of admitting an efficient classical simulation scheme using the stabilizer formalism.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0506222,
title = {Classicality in discrete Wigner functions},
author = {Cecilia Cormick and Ernesto F. Galvao and Daniel Gottesman and Juan Pablo Paz and Arthur O. Pittenger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0506222},
year = {2007}
}
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10 pages, 1 figure