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Constructing locally indistinguishable orthogonal product bases in an $m \otimes n$ system

Quantum Physics 2020-04-06 v2

Abstract

Recently, Zhang et al [Phys. Rev. A 92, 012332 (2015)] presented 4d44d-4 orthogonal product states that are locally indistinguishable and completable in a ddd\otimes d quantum system. Later, Zhang et al. [arXiv: 1509.01814v2 (2015)] constructed 2n12n-1 orthogonal product states that are locally indistinguishable in mnm\otimes n (3mn3\leq m \leq n). In this paper, we construct a locally indistinguishable and completable orthogonal product basis with 4p44p-4 members in a general mnm\otimes n (3mn3\leq m \leq n) quantum system, where pp is an arbitrary integer from 33 to mm, and give a very simple but quite effective proof for its local indistinguishability. Specially, we get a completable orthogonal product basis with 88 members that cannot be locally distinguished in mnm\otimes n (3mn3\leq m \leq n) when p=3p=3. It is so far the smallest completable orthogonal product basis that cannot be locally distinguished in a mnm\otimes n quantum system. On the other hand, we construct a small locally indistinguishable orthogonal product basis with 2p12p-1 members, which is maybe uncompletable, in mnm\otimes n (3mn3\leq m \leq n and pp is an arbitrary integer from 33 to mm). We also prove its local indistinguishability. As a corollary, we give an uncompletable orthogonal product basis with 55 members that are locally indistinguishable in mnm\otimes n (3mn3\leq m \leq n). All the results can lead us to a better understanding of the structure of a locally indistinguishable product basis in mnm \otimes n.

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@article{arxiv.1512.06485,
  title  = {Constructing locally indistinguishable orthogonal product bases in an $m \otimes n$ system},
  author = {Guang-Bao Xu and Ying-Hui Yang and Qiao-Yan Wen and Su-Juan Qin and Fei Gao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.06485},
  year   = {2020}
}