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On the convergence of output sets of quantum channels

Mathematical Physics 2015-10-15 v1 math.MP Operator Algebras Probability Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the asymptotic behavior of the output states of sequences of quantum channels. Under a natural assumption, we show that the output set converges to a compact convex set, clarifying and substantially generalizing results in [BCN13]. Random mixed unitary channels satisfy the assumption; we give a formula for the asymptotic maximum output infinity norm and we show that the minimum output entropy and the Holevo capacity have a simple relation for the complementary channels. We also give non-trivial examples of sequences Φn\Phi_n such that along with any other quantum channel Ξ\Xi, we have convergence of the output set of Φn\Phi_n and ΦnΞ\Phi_n\otimes \Xi simultaneously; the case when Ξ\Xi is entanglement breaking is investigated in details.

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@article{arxiv.1311.7571,
  title  = {On the convergence of output sets of quantum channels},
  author = {Benoit Collins and Motohisa Fukuda and Ion Nechita},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.7571},
  year   = {2015}
}