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Recently, a novel framework for semi-device-independent quantum prepare-and-measure protocols has been proposed, based on the assumption of a limited distinguishability between the prepared quantum states. Here, we discuss the problem of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-11 Weixu Shi , Yu Cai , Jonatan Bohr Brask , Hugo Zbinden , Nicolas Brunner

We present an operationally motivated treatment of quantum reference frames in the setting that the frame is a covariant positive operator valued measure (POVM) on a finite homogeneous space, generalising the principal homogeneous spaces…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-13 Jan Głowacki , Leon Loveridge , James Waldron

Among certification techniques, those based on the violation of Bell inequalities are appealing because they do not require assumptions on the underlying Hilbert space dimension and on the accuracy of calibration methods. Such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-20 Sebastian Wagner , Jean-Daniel Bancal , Nicolas Sangouard , Pavel Sekatski

We present a two-step protocol for quantum measurement tomography that is light on classical co-processing cost and still achieves optimal sample complexity in the system dimension. Given measurement data from a known probe state ensemble,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Leonardo Zambrano , Sergi Ramos-Calderer , Richard Kueng

We provide a detailed analysis of the question: how many measurement settings or outcomes are needed in order to identify a quantum system which is constrained by prior information? We show that if the prior information restricts the system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-17 Teiko Heinosaari , Luca Mazzarella , Michael M. Wolf

We show that a one-dimensional discrete time quantum walk can be used to implement a generalized measurement in terms of positive operator value measure (POVM) on a single qubit. More precisely, we show that for a single qubit any set of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-22 Pawel Kurzynski , Antoni Wojcik

How much unavoidable randomness is generated by a Positive Operator Valued Measure (POVM)? We address this question using two complementary approaches. First we study the variance of a real variable associated to the POVM outcomes. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-03 Serge Massar

We show how an upper bound for the ability to discriminate any number N of candidates for the Hamiltonian governing the evolution of an open quantum system may be calculated by numerically efficient means. Our method applies an effective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-23 Alexander Holm Kiilerich , Klaus Mølmer

A set of orthogonal states possesses the strongest quantum nonlocality if only a trivial orthogonality-preserving positive operator-valued measure (POVM) can be performed for each bipartition of the subsystems. This concept originated from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Mengying Hu , Ting Gao , Fengli Yan

We extend the concept of stochastic energy extraction from quantum batteries to the scenario where both positive operator-valued (POV) and physically realizable non-positive operator-valued measurements (NPOVMs) are applied on the auxiliary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-15 Paranjoy Chaki , Aparajita Bhattacharyya , Kornikar Sen , Ujjwal Sen

Optimization of the mean efficiency for unambiguous (or error free)discrimination among $N$ given linearly independent nonorthogonal states should be realized in a way to keep the probabilistic quantum mechanical interpretation. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Boris F. Samsonov

The optimization conditions for minimum error discrimination of linearly independent pure states comprise of two kinds: stationary conditions over the space of rank one projective measurements and the global maximization conditions. A…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-20 Tanmay Singal , Sibasish Ghosh

Self-testing is a powerful method for certifying quantum systems. Initially proposed in the device-independent (DI) setting, self-testing has since been relaxed to the semi-device-independent (semi-DI) setting. In this study, we focus on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Gábor Drótos , Károly F. Pál , Tamás Vértesi

It has been recently shown that an observable that identifies all pure states of a d-dimensional quantum system has minimally 4d-4 outcomes or slightly less (the exact number depending on the dimension d). However, no simple construction of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-01 Claudio Carmeli , Teiko Heinosaari , Alessandro Toigo

We identify an operational principle that singles out Projection-Valued Measures (PVMs) among general Positive Operator-Valued Measures (POVMs), bridging the modern quantum measurement theory and the traditional formulation based on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Shun Umekawa , Koki Ono , Hayato Arai

Wigner functions provide a way to do quantum physics using quasiprobabilities, that is, "probability" distributions that can go negative. Informationally complete POVMs, a much younger subject than phase space formulations of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-07 John B. DeBrota , Blake C. Stacey

Quantum parameter estimation holds significant promise for achieving high precision through the utilization of the most informative measurements. While various lower bounds have been developed to assess the best accuracy for estimates, they…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-19 Jianchao Zhang , Jun Suzuki

In the general theory of quantum measurement, one associates a positive semidefinite operator on a $d$-dimensional Hilbert space to each of the $n$ possible outcomes of an arbitrary measurement. In the special case of a projective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-23 Yizhou Liu , John B. DeBrota

We formulate minimum-error and unambiguous discrimination problems for quantum processes in the language of process positive operator valued measures (PPOVM). In this framework we present the known solution for minimum-error discrimination…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Mario Ziman , Michal Sedlák

Lueders theorem states that two observables commute if measuring one of them does not disturb the measurement outcomes of the other. We study measurements which are described by continuous positive operator-valued measurements (or POVMs)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Stefan Weigert , Paul Busch