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Majorization of quantum polarization distributions

Quantum Physics 2017-01-04 v2 Optics

Abstract

Majorization provides a rather powerful partial-order classification of probability distributions depending only on the spread of the statistics, and not on the actual numerical values of the variable being described. We propose to apply majorization as a meta-measure of quantum polarization fluctuations, this is to say of the degree of polarization. We compare the polarization fluctuations of the most relevant classes of quantum and classical-like states. In particular we test Lieb's conjecture regarding classical-like states as the most polarized and a complementary conjecture that the most unpolarized pure states are the most nonclassical.

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@article{arxiv.1610.00408,
  title  = {Majorization of quantum polarization distributions},
  author = {Alfredo Luis and Gonzalo Donoso},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00408},
  year   = {2017}
}

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8 pages, 8 figures

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