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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

Quantifying coherence is a key task in both quantum mechanical theory and practical applications. Here, a reliable quantum coherence measure is presented by utilizing the quantum skew information of the state of interest subject to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-03 Chang-shui Yu

The coherence power of a quantum channel, that is, its ability to increase the coherence of input states, is a fundamental concept within the framework of the resource theory of coherence. In this note we discuss various possible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-23 M. García-Díaz , D. Egloff , M. B. Plenio

Resource theories play a crucial role in characterizing states and properties essential for quantum information processing. A significant challenge is protecting resources from errors. We explore strategies for correcting quantum resources.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-19 Mark Byrd , Daniel Dilley , Alvin Gonzales , Masaya Takahashi , Zain Saleem , Lian-Ao Wu

A central challenge in quantum information science and technology is achieving real-time estimation and feedforward control of quantum systems. This challenge is compounded by the inherent inhomogeneity of quantum resources, such as qubit…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Linsen Li , Pratyush Anand , Kaiming He , Dirk Englund

The concept of quantum coherence and its possible use as a resource are currently the subject of active researches. Uncertainty and complementarity relations for quantum coherence allow one to study its changes with respect to other…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-20 Alexey E. Rastegin

The resource theory of quantum superposition is an extension of the quantum coherent theory, in which linear independence relaxes the requirement of orthogonality. It can be used to quantify the nonclassical in superposition of finite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-18 Jialin Teng , Fengli Yan , Ting Gao

The resource theory of imaginarity studies the operational value of imaginary parts in quantum states, operations, and measurements. Here we introduce and study the distillation and conversion of imaginarity in distributed scenario. This…

The ability of quantum states to be in superposition is one of the key features that sets them apart from the classical world. This `coherence' is rigorously quantified by resource theories, which aim to understand how such properties may…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-08 Ruvi Lecamwasam , Syed M Assad , Joseph J Hope , Ping Koy Lam , Jayne Thompson , Mile Gu

Networks based on entangled quantum systems enable interesting applications in quantum information processing and the understanding of the resulting quantum correlations is essential for advancing the technology. We show that the theory of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Tristan Kraft , Cornelia Spee , Xiao-Dong Yu , Otfried Gühne

We study the modification of the second law of thermodynamics for a quantum system interacting with a reservoir regarding quantum coherence. The whole system is isolated so that neither energy nor information is lost. It is discovered that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-12 Yu-Han Ma , C. L. Liu , C. P. Sun

Quantum information processing relies on a variety of resources, including entanglement, coherence, non-Gaussianity, and magic. In realistic settings, protocols run on networks of parties with heterogeneous local resource constraints, so…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 Ray Ganardi , Jeongrak Son , Jakub Czartowski , Seok Hyung Lie , Nelly H. Y. Ng

Quantum mechanics allows coherent superposition between different states of matter. This quality is responsible for major non-classical phenomena that occur in quantum systems. Beyond states, coherent superpositions are also possible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-16 Manabendra Nath Bera

Here we investigate the role of quantum interference in the quantum homogenizer, whose convergence properties model a thermalization process. In the original quantum homogenizer protocol, a system qubit converges to the state of identical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-15 Anna Beever , Maria Violaris , Chiara Marletto , Vlatko Vedral

Measurement outcomes of a quantum state can be genuinely random (unpredictable) according to the basic laws of quantum mechanics. The Heisenberg-Robertson uncertainty relation puts constrains on the accuracy of two noncommuting observables.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Xiao Yuan , Ge Bai , Tianyi Peng , Xiongfeng Ma

Quantum coherence, like entanglement, is a fundamental resource in quantum information. In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in formulating resource theory of coherence from a broader perspective. The notions of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-06 Sunho Kim , Chunhe Xiong , Asutosh Kumar , Guijun Zhang , Junde Wu

Quantum coherence, rooted in the superposition principle of quantum mechanics, is a crucial quantum resource. Various measures, operational interpretations, and generalizations of quantum coherence have been proposed. In recent years, its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Hai Wang , Ujjwal Sen

Quantum entanglement and coherence are crucial resources in quantum information theory. In some scenarios, however, it is not necessary to directly estimate entanglement or coherence measures to quantify the capabilities of a state in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Si-Qi Zhou , Jin-Min Liang , Jiayin Peng , Zhihua Chen , Shao-Ming Fei , Zhihao Ma

Coherence is intrinsically related to projective measurement. When the fixed projective measurement involves higher-rank projectors, the coherence resource is referred to as block coherence, which comes from the superposition of orthogonal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-29 Yu-Hui Wang , Li-Hang Ren , Ming-Liang Hu , Yan-Kui Bai

Quantum coherence, the ability of a quantum system to be in a superposition of orthogonal quantum states, is a distinct feature of the quantum mechanics, thus marking a deviation from classical physics. Coherence finds its applications in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Najmeh Etehadi Abari , Andrey Rakhubovsky , Radim Filip