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Quantum uncertainty relations are formulated in terms of relative entropy between distributions of measurement outcomes and suitable reference distributions with maximum entropy. This type of entropic uncertainty relation can be applied…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-07 Stefan Floerchinger , Tobias Haas , Ben Hoeber

Gaussian distribution of a quantum state with continuous spectrum is known to maximize the Shannon entropy at a fixed variance. Applying it to a pair of canonically conjugate quantum observables $\hat x$ and $\hat p$, quantum entropic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-21 Wonmin Son

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle forms a fundamental element of quantum mechanics. Uncertainty relations in terms of entropies were initially proposed to deal with conceptual shortcomings in the original formulation of the uncertainty…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-09 Patrick J. Coles , Mario Berta , Marco Tomamichel , Stephanie Wehner

Uncertainty relations lie at the very core of quantum mechanics, and form the cornerstone of essentially all quantum cryptographic applications. In particular, they play an important role in cryptographic protocols in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-08-27 Stephanie Wehner , Andreas Winter

Entropic uncertainty relations play a fundamental role in quantum information theory. However, determining optimal (tight) entropic uncertainty relations for general observables remains a formidable challenge and has so far been achieved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Ma-Cheng Yang , Cong-Feng Qiao

The uncertainty principle and entanglement are two fundamental, but yet not well understood, features of quantum theory. The uncertainty relation reflects the capability limit in acquiring the knowledge of different physical properties of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-15 Jun-Li Li , Cong-Feng Qiao

Entropic uncertainty is a well-known concept to formulate uncertainty relations for continuous variable quantum systems with finitely many degrees of freedom. Typically, the bounds of such relations scale with the number of oscillator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Stefan Floerchinger , Tobias Haas , Markus Schröfl

Entropic uncertainty relations demonstrate the intrinsic uncertainty of nature from an information-theory perspective. Recently, a quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty relation for multiple measurements was proposed by Wu $et\ al.$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-26 Qing-Hua Zhang , Shao-Ming Fei

We derive a new entropic quantum uncertainty relation involving min-entropy. The relation is tight and can be applied in various quantum-cryptographic settings. Protocols for quantum 1-out-of-2 Oblivious Transfer and quantum Bit Commitment…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-08-19 Ivan B. Damgaard , Serge Fehr , Renato Renner , Louis Salvail , Christian Schaffner

We derive explicit bounds for the average entropy characterizing measurements of a pure quantum state of size $N$ in $L$ orthogonal bases. Lower bounds lead to novel entropic uncertainty relations, while upper bounds allow us to formulate…

Using the wave-packet approach to neutrino oscillations, we analyze Quantum-Memory-Assisted Entropic Uncertainty Relations and show that uncertainty and the Non-local Advantage of Quantum Coherence are anti-correlated. Furthermore, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 Massimo Blasone , Silvio De Siena , Cristina Matrella

In Coles-Piani's recent remarkable version of the entropic uncertainty principle, the entropic sum is controlled by the first and second maximum overlaps between the two projective measurements. We generalize the entropic uncertainty…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-18 Yunlong Xiao , Naihuan Jing , Shao-Ming Fei , Xianqing Li-Jost

Entropic uncertainty relations, based on sums of entropies of probability distributions arising from different measurements on a given pure state, can be seen as a generalization of the Heisenberg uncertainty relation that is in many cases…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Adam Azarchs

Commutator-based entropic uncertainty relations in multidimensional position and momentum spaces are derived, twofold generalizing previous entropic uncertainty relations for one-mode states. They provide optimal lower bounds and imply the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-02 Yichen Huang

The measurement outcomes of two incompatible observables on a particle can be precisely predicted when it is maximally entangled with a quantum memory, as quantified recently [Nature Phys. 6, 659 (2010)]. We explore the behavior of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-26 Z. Y. Xu , W. L. Yang , M. Feng

Uncertainty principle is one of the cornerstones of quantum theory. In the literature, there are two types of uncertainty relations, the operator form concerning the variances of physical observables and the entropy form related to entropic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-18 Jun-Li Li , Cong-Feng Qiao

In this paper we derive a new quantum entropic uncertainty relation, bounding the conditional smooth quantum min entropy based on the result of a measurement using a two outcome POVM and the failure probability of a classical sampling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-26 Walter O. Krawec

Entropic uncertainty relations express the quantum mechanical uncertainty principle by quantifying uncertainty in terms of entropy. Central questions include the derivation of lower bounds on the total uncertainty for given observables, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-02 Sönke Niekamp , Matthias Kleinmann , Otfried Gühne

The uncertainty principle is one of the comprehensive and fundamental concept in quantum theory. This principle states that it is not possible to simultaneously measure two incompatible observatories with high accuracy. Uncertainty…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-09 Soroush Haseli

Entropic uncertainty relations are quantitative characterizations of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, which make use of an entropy measure to quantify uncertainty. In quantum cryptography, they are often used as convenient tools in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-06-22 Niek J. Bouman , Serge Fehr , Carlos González-Guillén , Christian Schaffner