Symmetric measurements attaining the accessible information
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
A theorem of Davies states that for symmetric quantum states there exists a symmetric POVM maximizing the mutual information. To apply this theorem the representation of the symmetry group has to be irreducible. We obtain a similar yet weaker result for reducible representations. We apply our results to the double trines ensemble and show numerically that for this ensemble the pretty good measurement is optimal.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0509122,
title = {Symmetric measurements attaining the accessible information},
author = {Thomas Decker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0509122},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
21 pages, 5 figures