Maximally incompatible quantum observables
Quantum Physics
2014-06-06 v1
Abstract
The existence of maximally incompatible quantum observables in the sense of a minimal joint measurability region is investigated. Employing the universal quantum cloning device it is argued that only infinite dimensional quantum systems can accommodate maximal incompatibility. It is then shown that two of the most common pairs of complementary observables (position and momentum; number and phase) are maximally incompatible.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1312.3499,
title = {Maximally incompatible quantum observables},
author = {Teiko Heinosaari and Jussi Schultz and Alessandro Toigo and Mario Ziman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.3499},
year = {2014}
}