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We show that there exist sets of three mutually orthogonal $d$-dimensional maximally entangled states which cannot be perfectly distinguished using one-way local operations and classical communication (LOCC) for arbitrarily large values of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-07 Michael Nathanson

Understanding multipartite entanglement is vital, as it underpins a wide range of phenomena across physics. The study of transformations of states via Local Operations assisted by Classical Communication (LOCC) allows one to quantitatively…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 Antoine Neven , David Gunn , Martin Hebenstreit , Barbara Kraus

We study single-shot distinguishability of locally implementable multipartite unitaries under Local Operations and Classical Communication (LOCC) and global operations. As unitary discrimination depends on both the choice of probing states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-15 Satyaki Manna , Sneha Suresh , Anandamay Das Bhowmik , Debashis Saha

Recently using entanglement as resource to distinguish orthogonal product states by local operations and classical communication (LOCC) has been studied intensively. Zhang. et al. presented protocols to use entanglement to distinguish…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-10 Hai-Quan Li , Naihuan Jing , Xi-Lin Tang

It is not always possible to distinguish multipartite orthogonal states if only local operation and classical communication (LOCC) are allowed. We prove that we cannot distinguish the states of an unextendible product basis (UPB) by LOCC…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sergio De Rinaldis

A set of orthogonal quantum states is said to be locally indistinguishable if they cannot be perfectly distinguished by local operations and classical communication (LOCC). Otherwise, the states are locally distinguishable. Interestingly,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Atanu Bhunia , Saronath Halder , Ritabrata Sengupta

A bipartite state which is secretly chosen from a finite set of known entangled pure states cannot be immediately useful in standard quantum information processing tasks. To effectively make use of the entanglement contained in this unknown…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Yangjia Li , Runyao Duan , Mingsheng Ying

In this article, we show a sufficient and necessary condition for locally distinguishable bipartite states via one-way local operations and classical communication (LOCC). With this condition, we present some minimal structures of one-way…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-27 Xiaoqian Zhang , Cheng Guo , Weiqi Luo , Xiaoqing Tan

In certain cases the communication time required to deterministically implement a nonlocal bipartite unitary using prior entanglement and LOCC (local operations and classical communication) can be reduced by a factor of two. We introduce…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Li Yu , Robert B. Griffiths , Scott M. Cohen

More than two multipartite orthogonal states cannot always be discriminated (with certainty) if only local operations and classical communication (LOCC) are allowed. Using an existing inequality among the measures of entanglement, we show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sibasish Ghosh , Guruprasad Kar , Anirban Roy , Aditi Sen De , Ujjwal Sen

We consider the problem of local operations and classical communication (LOCC) discrimination between two bipartite pure states of fermionic systems. We show that, contrary to the case of quantum systems, for fermionic systems it is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-14 Matteo Lugli , Paolo Perinotti , Alessandro Tosini

Suppose a set of $m$-partite, $m\geq3$, pure orthogonal fully separable states is given. We consider the task of distinguishing these states perfectly by local operations and classical communication (LOCC) in different $k$-partitions,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-14 Saronath Halder , Ritabrata Sengupta

We investigate the minimum entanglement cost of the deterministic implementation of two-qubit controlled-unitary operations using local operations and classical communication (LOCC). We show that any such operation can be implemented by a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-10-28 Akihito Soeda , Peter S. Turner , Mio Murao

We show that entanglement guarantees difficulty in the discrimination of orthogonal multipartite states locally. The number of pure states that can be discriminated by local operations and classical communication is bounded by the total…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Hayashi , D. Markham , M. Murao , M. Owari , S. Virmani

We investigate the task of local marking for locally implementable unitary operations. In this setting, multipartite quantum unitary channels, chosen randomly from a known set, are distributed among spatially separated parties without…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-10 Adil Imam , Satyaki Manna

We show that a unitary operation (quantum circuit) secretely chosen from a finite set of unitary operations can be determined with certainty by sequentially applying only a finite amount of runs of the unknown circuit. No entanglement or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Runyao Duan , Yuan Feng , Mingsheng Ying

We provide a first operational method for checking indistinguishability of orthogonal states by local operations and classical communication (LOCC). This method originates from the one introduced by Ghosh et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 5807…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-20 Michal Horodecki , Aditi Sen De , Ujjwal Sen , Karol Horodecki

The paper studies unambiguous discrimination of Fermionic states through local operations and classical communication (LOCC). In the task of unambiguous discrimination, no error is tolerated but an inconclusive result is allowed. We show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-22 Matteo Lugli , Paolo Perinotti , Alessandro Tosini

A set of orthogonal product states is said to exhibit "quantum nonlocality without entanglement" if it is locally indistinguishable, i.e. no sequence of local operations and classical communication (LOCC) can perfectly discriminate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Atanu Bhunia , Saronath Halder , Preeti Parashar , Ritabrata Sengupta

Quantum separable operations are defined as those that cannot produce entanglement from separable states, and it is known that they strictly surpass local operations and classical communication (LOCC) in a number of tasks, which is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-07 Masato Koashi , Koji Azuma , Shinya Nakamura , Nobuyuki Imoto