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Information, fidelity, and reversibility in general quantum measurements

Quantum Physics 2016-02-05 v2

Abstract

We present the amounts of information, fidelity, and reversibility obtained by arbitrary quantum measurements on completely unknown states. These quantities are expressed as functions of the singular values of a measurement operator corresponding to the obtained outcome. As an example, we consider a class of quantum measurements with highly degenerate singular values to discuss tradeoffs among information, fidelity, and reversibility. The tradeoffs are at the level of a single outcome, in the sense that the quantities pertain to each single outcome rather than the average over all possible outcomes.

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@article{arxiv.1511.05308,
  title  = {Information, fidelity, and reversibility in general quantum measurements},
  author = {Hiroaki Terashima},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.05308},
  year   = {2016}
}

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33 pages, 5 figures