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Gaussian quantum states hold special importance in the continuous variable (CV) regime. In quantum information science, the understanding and characterization of central resources such as entanglement may strongly rely on the knowledge of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-21 A. S. Coelho , F. A. S. Barbosa , K. N. Cassemiro , M. Martinelli , A. S. Villar , P. Nussenzveig

Nonclassical states of light and their correlations lie at the heart of quantum optics, serving as fundamental resources that underpin both the exploration of quantum phenomena and the realisation of quantum information protocols. These…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-29 Jhoan Eusse , Esteban Vasquez , Tom Rivlin , Elizabeth Agudelo

Quantum state smoothing is a technique for assigning a valid quantum state to a partially observed dynamical system, using measurement records both prior and posterior to an estimation time. We show that the technique is greatly simplified…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Kiarn T. Laverick , Areeya Chantasri , Howard M. Wiseman

The ability to engineer the quantum state of traveling optical fields is a central requirement for quantum information science and technology, including quantum communication, computing and metrology. In this video article, we describe the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-02 Olivier Morin , Jianli Liu , Kun Huang , Felippe A. S. Barbosa , Claude Fabre , Julien Laurat

Gaussian bipartite states are basic tools for the realization of quantum information protocols with continuous variables. Their complete characterization is obtained by the reconstruction of the corresponding covariance matrix. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-27 D. Buono , G. Nocerino , V. D'Auria , A. Porzio , S. Olivares , M. G. A. Paris

Quantum information characteristics, such as quantum mutual information, loss, noise and coherent information are explicitly calculated for Bosonic attenuation/amplification channel with input Gaussian state. The coherent information is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander S. Holevo

We present a novel, detailed study on the usefulness of three-mode Gaussian states states for realistic processing of continuous-variable quantum information, with a particular emphasis on the possibilities opened up by their genuine…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gerardo Adesso , Alessio Serafini , Fabrizio Illuminati

Quantum information science is a source of task-related axioms whose consequences can be explored in general settings encompassing quantum mechanics, classical theory, and more. Quantum states are compendia of probabilities for the outcomes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Howard Barnum

Quantum information refers to the distinctive information-processing properties of quantum systems, which arise when information is stored in or retrieved from nonorthogonal quantum states. More information is required to prepare an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carlton M. Caves , Christopher A. Fuchs

The goal of quantum benchmarking is to certify that imperfect quantum communication devices (e.g., quantum channels, quantum memories, quantum key distribution systems) can still be used for meaningful quantum communication. However, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-08-28 Nathan Killoran , Mahdi Hosseini , Ben C. Buchler , Ping Koy Lam , Norbert Lütkenhaus

Non Gaussian states and processes are useful resources in quantum information with continuous variables. An experimentally accessible criterion has been proposed to measure the degree of non Gaussianity of quantum states, based on the…

Continuous-variable Gaussian entanglement is an attractive notion, both as a fundamental concept in quantum information theory, based on the well-established Gaussian formalism for phase-space variables, and as a practical resource in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-07 E. Shchukin , P. van Loock

Gaussian states, operations, and measurements are central building blocks for continuous-variable quantum information processing which paves the way for abundant applications, especially including network-based quantum computation and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-06 Mengzhen Zhang

Subtle quantum properties offer exciting new prospects in optical communications. Quantum entanglement enables the secure exchange of cryptographic keys and the distribution of quantum information by teleportation. Entangled bright beams of…

Quantum Gaussian states can be considered as the majority of the practical quantum states used in quantum communications and more generally in quantum information. Here we consider their properties in relation with the geometrically uniform…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-21 Gianfranco Cariolaro , Roberto Corvaja , Gianfranco Pierobon

In modern quantum information theory one deals with an idealized situation when the spacetime dependence of quantum phenomena is neglected. However the transmission and processing of (quantum) information is a physical process in spacetime.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Igor V. Volovich

Quantum reading aims at retrieving classical information stored in an optical memory with low energy and high accuracy by exploiting the inherently quantum properties of light. We provide an optimal Gaussian strategy for quantum reading…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-08 Michele Dall'Arno

In a new branch of quantum computing, information is encoded into coherent states, the primary carriers of optical communication. To exploit it, quantum bits of these coherent states are needed, but it is notoriously hard to make…

An optical transmitter irradiates a target region containing a bright thermal-noise bath in which a low-reflectivity object might be embedded. The light received from this region is used to decide whether the object is present or absent.…

We summarize basic features of quantum gravity states and processes, common to a number of related quantum gravity formalisms, and sharing a purely combinatorial and algebraic language, and a discrete geometric interpretation. We emphasize…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-03 Daniele Oriti