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Accurately estimating the overlap between quantum states is a fundamental task in quantum information processing. While various strategies using distinct quantum measurements have been proposed for overlap estimation, the lack of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 Hao Zhan , Ben Wang , Minghao Mi , Jie Xie , Liang Xu , Aonan Zhang , Lijian Zhang

The overlap measurement scheme accomplishes to evaluate the overlap of two input quantum states by only measuring an introduced auxiliary qubit, irrespective of the complexity of the two input states. We find a counterintuitive phenomenon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Chang-shui Yu , Jun Zhang , Heng Fan

As quantum technologies mature, the development of tools for benchmarking their ability to prepare and manipulate complex quantum states becomes increasingly necessary. A key concept, the state overlap between two quantum states, offers a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-23 Leonardo Guerini , Roeland Wiersema , Juan Felipe Carrasquilla , Leandro Aolita

Efficient overlap estimation of high-dimensional quantum states is an important task in quantum information and a core element in computational speedups of quantum machine learning. Here we experimentally demonstrate the SWAP test that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-19 Chi-Huan Nguyen , Ko-Wei Tseng , Gleb Maslennikov , H. C. J. Gan , Dzmitry Matsukevich

Estimating the overlap between two states is an important task with several applications in quantum information. However, the typical swap test circuit can only measure a sole pair of quantum states at a time. In this study we designed a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-17 Wen Liu , Han-Wen Yin , Zhi-Rao Wang , Wen-Qin Fan

Quantum machine learning seeks a computational advantage in data processing by evaluating functions of quantum states, such as their similarity, that can be classically intractable to compute. For quantum advantage to be possible, however,…

Quantum tomography is one of the major challenges of large-scale quantum information research due to the exponential time complexity. In this work, we develop and apply a Bayesian state estimation method to experimentally demonstrate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Yang Zhengning , Shihao Ru , Lianzhen Cao , Nikolay Zheludev , Weibo Gao

The precision and sensitivity achievable in quantum metrology are often compromised by the presence of noise. While quantum error correction has emerged as a promising strategy, it is ineffective in addressing noise that is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-25 Xiaodie Lin , Linxuan Li , Haidong Yuan

We investigate how to experimentally detect a recently proposed measure to quantify macroscopic quantum superpositions [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 220401 (2011)], namely, "macroscopic quantumness" $\mathcal{I}$. Schemes based on overlap…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-17 Hyunseok Jeong , Changsuk Noh , Seunglee Bae , Dimitris G. Angelakis , Timothy C. Ralph

We consider N quantum systems initially prepared in pure states and address the problem of unambiguously comparing them. One may ask whether or not all $N$ systems are in the same state. Alternatively, one may ask whether or not the states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 Anthony Chefles , Erika Andersson , Igor Jex

We address the following state comparison problem: is it possible to design an experiment enabling us to unambiguously decide (based on the observed outcome statistics) on the sameness or difference of two unknown state preparations without…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-06-05 Sergey N. Filippov , Mario Ziman

We develop a recursive algorithm to generalize the quantum SWAP test for an arbitrary number $m$ of quantum states requiring $O(m)$ controlled-swap (CSWAP) gates and $O(\log m)$ ancillary qubits. We construct a quantum circuit able to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 Xavier Gitiaux , Ian Morris , Maria Emelianenko , Mingzhen Tian

Quantum entanglement is essential to the development of quantum computation, communications, and technology. The controlled SWAP test, widely used for state comparison, can be adapted to an efficient and useful test for entanglement of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 Steph Foulds , Viv Kendon , Tim Spiller

The quantum state overlap is the textbook measure of the difference between two quantum states. Yet, it is inadequate to compare the complex configurations of many-body systems. The problem is inherited by the widely employed quantum state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-03 Davide Girolami , Fabio Anzà

We consider the problem of determining the mixed quantum state of a large but finite number of identically prepared quantum systems from data obtained in a sequence of ideal (von Neumann) measurements, each performed on an individual copy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Franz Embacher , Heide Narnhofer

One of the most promising applications of quantum computing is the processing of graphical data like images. Here, we investigate the possibility of realizing a quantum pattern recognition protocol based on swap test, and use the IBMQ noisy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-05 Sreetama Das , Jingfu Zhang , Stefano Martina , Dieter Suter , Filippo Caruso

We extend the concept of probabilistic unambiguous discrimination of quantum states to quantum state estimation. We consider a scenario where the measurement device can output either an estimate of the unknown input state or an inconclusive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jaromir Fiurasek

Quantum state tomography is essential for characterizing quantum systems, but it becomes infeasible for large systems due to exponential resource scaling. Overlapping tomography addresses this challenge by reconstructing all $k$-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Shuowei Ma , Qianfan Wang , Lvzhou Li , Fei Shi

Quantum algorithms designed for realistic quantum many-body systems, such as chemistry and materials, usually require a large number of measurements of the Hamiltonian. Exploiting different ideas, such as {importance sampling,} observable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Bujiao Wu , Jinzhao Sun , Qi Huang , Xiao Yuan

Efficient verification of multipartite quantum states is crucial to many applications in quantum information processing. By virtue of Schmidt decomposition and mutually unbiased bases, here we propose a universal protocol to verify…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-04 Yunting Li , Huangjun Zhu
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