Multiplicative Properties of Quantum Channels
Abstract
In this paper, we study the multiplicative behaviour of quantum channels, mathematically described by trace preserving, completely positive maps on matrix algebras. It turns out that the multiplicative domain of a unital quantum channel has a close connection to its spectral properties. A structure theorem, which reveals the automorphic property of an arbitrary unital quantum channel on a subalgebra, is presented. Various classes of quantum channels (irreducible, primitive etc.) are then analysed in terms of this stabilising subalgebra. The notion of the multiplicative index of a unital quantum channel is introduced, which measures the number of times a unital channel needs to be composed with itself for the multiplicative algebra to stabilise. We show that the maps that have trivial multiplicative domains are dense in completely bounded norm topology in the set of all unital completely positive maps. Some applications in quantum information theory are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1701.06205,
title = {Multiplicative Properties of Quantum Channels},
author = {Mizanur Rahaman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.06205},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Abstract and introduction have been changed. Some new sections are introduced to integrate the application and the theoretical parts. Some new examples are included to compute the multiplicative index, Journal of Physics A:Mathematical and Theoretical (2017)