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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…

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The effective description of a bosonic quantum system identifies the minimum finite dimension required to capture its essential dynamics. This effective dimension plays an important role in the complexity of classical and quantum algorithms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Varun Upreti , Nicolás Quesada , Ulysse Chabaud

We propose a generalization of the quantum entropy power inequality involving conditional entropies. For the special case of Gaussian states, we give a proof based on perturbation theory for symplectic spectra. We discuss some implications…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Robert Koenig

Quantum discord represents a correlation beyond classicality that could be useful for many quantum information tasks, and therefore is viewed as a valuable quantum resource. Theoretically, whether a bipartite quantum state has a non-zero…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-10 Rong Wang , Yao Yao , Zhen-Qiang Yin

We derive an upper limit for the mixedness of single bosonic mode gaussian states propagating in dissipative channels. It is a function of the initial squeezing and temperature of the channel only. Moreover the time at which von Neumann's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-08-07 Leonardo A. M. Souza , M. C. Nemes

Given a certain amount of entanglement available as a resource, what is the most efficient way to accomplish a quantum task? We address this question in the relevant case of continuous variable quantum teleportation protocols implemented…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-29 Pietro Liuzzo-Scorpo , Andrea Mari , Vittorio Giovannetti , Gerardo Adesso

Quantum state tomography, a fundamental tool for quantum physics, usually requires a number of state copies that scale exponentially with the system size, owing to the intricate quantum correlations between subsystems. We show that, in…

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We uncover emergent universality arising in the equilibration dynamics of multimode continuous-variable systems. Specifically, we study the ensemble of pure states supported on a small subsystem of a few modes, generated by Gaussian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-25 Chang Liu , Qi Camm Huang , Wen Wei Ho

We establish several upper bounds on the energy-constrained quantum and private capacities of all single-mode phase-insensitive bosonic Gaussian channels. The first upper bound, which we call the "data-processing bound," is the simplest and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-18 Kunal Sharma , Mark M. Wilde , Sushovit Adhikari , Masahiro Takeoka

Based on the relative entropy, we give a unified characterization of quantum correlations for nonlocality, steerability, discord and entanglement for any bipartite quantum states. For two-qubit states we show that the quantities obtained…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-14 Tinggui Zhang , Hong Yang , Xianqing Li-Jost , Shao-Ming Fei

We investigate the ultimate precision achievable in Gaussian quantum metrology. We derive general analytical expressions for the quantum Fisher information matrix and for the measurement compatibility condition, ensuring asymptotic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-18 Rosanna Nichols , Pietro Liuzzo-Scorpo , Paul A. Knott , Gerardo Adesso

In this thesis we focus on Gaussian quantum metrology in the phase-space formalism and its applications in quantum sensing and the estimation of space-time parameters. We derive new formulae for the optimal estimation of multiple parameters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-13 Dominik Šafránek

A model of quantum noisy channel with input encoding by a classical random vector is described. An equation of optimality is derived to determine a complete set of wave functions describing quantum decodings based on quasi-measurements…

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We consider the problem of optimal asymptotically faithful compression for ensembles of mixed quantum states. Although the optimal rate is unknown, we prove upper and lower bounds and describe a series of illustrative examples of…

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A minimal energy quantum superposition of two maximally distinguishable, isoenergetic single mode Gaussian states is used to construct the system-environment representation of a class of linear bosonic quantum channels acting on a single…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-13 T. J. Volkoff

Recent results have established dramatic advantages in learning properties of quantum states when a quantum computer is available to process or jointly measure multiple copies of the unknown quantum state. Learning tasks can be accomplished…

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An analysis is conducted of the multipartite entanglement for Gaussian states generated by the parametric down-conversion of a femtosecond frequency comb. Using a recently introduced method for constructing optimal entanglement criteria, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-16 S. Gerke , J. Sperling , W. Vogel , Y. Cai , J. Roslund , N. Treps , C. Fabre

Quantum state tomography, aimed at deriving a classical description of an unknown state from measurement data, is a fundamental task in quantum physics. In this work, we analyse the ultimate achievable performance of tomography of…