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Relativistic Restrictions on the Distinguishability of Orthogonal Quantum States

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

We analyze the restrictions on the distinguishability of quantum states imposed by special relativity. An explicit expression relating the error probability for distinguishing between two orthogonal single-photon states with the time TT elapsed from the start of the measurement procedure until the measurement result is obtained by the observer.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0103019,
  title  = {Relativistic Restrictions on the Distinguishability of Orthogonal Quantum States},
  author = {S. N. Molotkov and S. S. Nazin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0103019},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, 1 figure (misprints in formulas corrected)