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On the optimal measurement for quantum discord of two-qubit states

Quantum Physics 2015-06-03 v1

Abstract

We present an efficient method to solve the quantum discord of two-qubit X states exactly. A geometric picture is used to clarify whether and when the general POVM measurement is superior to von Neumann measurement. We show that either the von Neumann measurement or the three-element POVM measurement is optimal, and more interestingly, in the latter case the components of the postmeasurement ensemble are invariant for a class of states.

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@article{arxiv.1110.6681,
  title  = {On the optimal measurement for quantum discord of two-qubit states},
  author = {Mingjun Shi and Chunxiao Sun and Fengjian Jiang and Xinhu Yan and Jiangfeng Du},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.6681},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures