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Channel conversion constitutes a pivotal paradigm in information theory and its applications to quantum physics, providing a unified problem setting that encompasses celebrated results such as Shannon's noisy-channel coding theorem. Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-10 Masahito Hayashi , Hayata Yamasaki

Resource theories provide a general framework for the characterization of properties of physical systems in quantum mechanics and beyond. Here, we introduce methods for the quantification of resources in general probabilistic theories…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-19 Ludovico Lami , Bartosz Regula , Ryuji Takagi , Giovanni Ferrari

In this paper, we introduce the resource theory of unextendibility as a relaxation of the resource theory of entanglement. The free states in this resource theory are the k-extendible states, associated with the inability to extend quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-07 Eneet Kaur , Siddhartha Das , Mark M. Wilde , Andreas Winter

Resource theories are a generic approach used to manage any valuable resource, such as entanglement, purity, and asymmetry. Such frameworks are characterized by two main elements: a set of predefined (free) operations and states, that one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Nelly Ng , Mischa P. Woods

Identifying what quantum-mechanical properties are useful to untap a superior performance in quantum technologies is a pivotal question. Quantum resource theories provide a unified framework to analyze and understand such properties, as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-24 Kohdai Kuroiwa , Ryuji Takagi , Gerardo Adesso , Hayata Yamasaki

We extend the tools of quantum resource theories to scenarios in which multiple quantities (or resources) are present, and their interplay governs the evolution of physical systems. We derive conditions for the interconversion of these…

Entanglement quantification aims to assess the value of quantum states for quantum information processing tasks. A closely related problem is state convertibility, asking whether two remote parties can convert a shared quantum state into…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Chandan Datta , Ray Ganardi , Tulja Varun Kondra , Alexander Streltsov

We initiate the systematic study of resource theories of quantum channels, i.e. of the dynamics that quantum systems undergo by completely positive maps, in abstracto: Resources are in principle all maps from one quantum system to another,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-09 Zi-Wen Liu , Andreas Winter

Resource identification and quantification is an essential element of both classical and quantum information theory. Entanglement is one of these resources, arising when quantum communication and nonlocal operations are expensive to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-20 Sebastian Meznaric

One of the main goals of any resource theory such as entanglement, quantum thermodynamics, quantum coherence, and asymmetry, is to find necessary and sufficient conditions (NSC) that determine whether one resource can be converted to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-14 Gilad Gour

Several recent results on thermodynamics have been obtained using the tools of quantum information theory and resource theories. So far, the resource theories utilised to describe thermodynamics have assumed the existence of an infinite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-16 Carlo Sparaciari , Jonathan Oppenheim , Tobias Fritz

Every restriction on quantum operations defines a resource theory, determining how quantum states that cannot be prepared under the restriction may be manipulated and used to circumvent the restriction. A superselection rule is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gilad Gour , Robert W. Spekkens

Quantum resource theories (QRTs) provide a unified framework for characterizing useful quantum phenomena subject to physical constraints, but are notoriously hard to assess in experimental systems. In this letter, we introduce a unified…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-12 Naga Dileep Varikuti , Soumik Bandyopadhyay , Philipp Hauke

Quantum complexity is emerging as a key property of many-body systems, including black holes, topological materials, and early quantum computers. A state's complexity quantifies the number of computational gates required to prepare the…

We study asymptotic state transformations in continuous variable quantum resource theories. In particular, we prove that monotones displaying lower semicontinuity and strong superadditivity can be used to bound asymptotic transformation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-27 Giovanni Ferrari , Ludovico Lami , Thomas Theurer , Martin B. Plenio

Quantum resources such as entanglement, information redundancy, and coherence enable revolutionary advantages but obey fundamental tradeoffs. We present a unified geometric constraint governing three core operational tasks: teleportation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-16 Justin K. Edmondson

Any quantum resource theory is based on free states and free operations, i.e., states and operations which can be created and performed at no cost. In the resource theory of coherence free states are diagonal in some fixed basis, and free…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-26 Julio I. de Vicente , Alexander Streltsov

A central problem in quantum resource theory is to give operational meaning to quantum resources that can provide clear advantages in certain physical tasks compared to the convex set of resource-free states. We propose to extend this basic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Sunho Kim , Chunhe Xiong , Junde Wu

Quantum coherence is one of the fundamental aspects distinguishing classical and quantum theories. Coherence between different energy eigenstates is particularly important, as it serves as a valuable resource under the law of energy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-07 Naoto Shiraishi , Ryuji Takagi

Given two pairs of quantum states, a fundamental question in the resource theory of asymmetric distinguishability is to determine whether there exists a quantum channel converting one pair to the other. In this work, we reframe this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-30 Soorya Rethinasamy , Mark M. Wilde