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Noise and disturbance in quantum measurements: an information-theoretic approach

Quantum Physics 2014-07-29 v3

Abstract

We introduce information-theoretic definitions for noise and disturbance in quantum measurements and prove a state-independent noise-disturbance tradeoff relation that these quantities have to satisfy in any conceivable setup. Contrary to previous approaches, the information-theoretic quantities we define are invariant under relabelling of outcomes, and allow for the possibility of using quantum or classical operations to `correct' for the disturbance. We also show how our bound implies strong tradeoff relations for mean square deviations.

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@article{arxiv.1310.6603,
  title  = {Noise and disturbance in quantum measurements: an information-theoretic approach},
  author = {Francesco Buscemi and Michael J. W. Hall and Masanao Ozawa and Mark M. Wilde},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.6603},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

v3: to appear on PRL (some issues fixed, supplemental material expanded). v2: replaced with submitted version; 5 two-column pages + 6 one-column pages + 3 figures; one issue corrected and few references added. v1: 17 pages, 3 figures