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We study the procedure for sequential unambiguous state discrimination. A qubit is prepared in one of two possible states, and measured by two observers Bob and Charlie sequentially. A necessary condition for the state to be unambiguously…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-02 Chao-Qian Pang , Fu-Lin Zhang , Li-Fang Xu , Mai-Lin Liang , Jing-Ling Chen

We study an optimum measurement for quantum state discrimination, which maximizes the probability of correct results when the probability of inconclusive results is fixed at a given value. The measurement describes minimum-error…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-09-26 Ulrike Herzog

We introduce sequential analysis in quantum information processing, by focusing on the fundamental task of quantum hypothesis testing. In particular our goal is to discriminate between two arbitrary quantum states with a prescribed error…

It is known that unambiguous discrimination among non-orthogonal but linearly independent quantum states is possible with a certain probability of success. Here, we consider a variant of that problem. Instead of discriminating among all of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yuqing Sun , Janos A. Bergou , Mark Hillery

We derive general discrimination of quantum states chosen from a certain set, given initial $M$ copies of each state, and obtain the matrix inequality, which describe the bound between the maximum probability of correctly determining and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Chuan-Wei Zhang , Chuan-Feng Li , Guang-Can Guo

The discrimination of non-orthogonal quantum states with reduced or without errors is a fundamental task in quantum measurement theory. In this work, we investigate a quantum measurement strategy capable of discriminating two coherent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 Christoffer Wittmann , Ulrik L. Andersen , Gerd Leuchs

Near-term quantum computers are noisy, and therefore must run algorithms with a low circuit depth and qubit count. Here we investigate how noise affects a quantum neural network (QNN) for state discrimination, applicable on near-term…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-27 Andrew Patterson , Hongxiang Chen , Leonard Wossnig , Simone Severini , Dan Browne , Ivan Rungger

The impossibility of perfectly discriminating non orthogonal quantum states imposes far-reaching consequences both on quantum and classical communication schemes. We propose and numerically analyze an optimized quantum receiver for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-02 Christian R. Müller , Christoph Marquardt

In this report, we present a framework for implementing an arbitrary $n$-outcome generalized quantum measurement (POVM) on an $m$-qubit register as a sequence of two-outcome measurements requiring only single ancillary qubit. Our procedure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-16 Daniel Reitzner , Jan Bouda

Coherent states of light, and methods for distinguishing between them, are central to all applications of laser light. We obtain the ultimate quantum limit on the error probability exponent for discriminating among any M multimode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-19 Ranjith Nair , Saikat Guha , Si-Hui Tan

Intrinsic randomness is generated when a quantum state is measured in any basis in which it is not diagonal. In an adversarial scenario, we quantify this randomness by the probability that a correlated eavesdropper could correctly guess the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-19 Fionnuala Curran

We investigate quantum measurement strategies capable of discriminating two coherent states probabilistically with significantly smaller error probabilities than can be obtained using non- probabilistic state discrimination. We apply a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 Christoffer Wittmann , Ulrik L. Andersen , Masahiro Takeoka , Gerd Leuchs

Quantum indistinguishability of non-orthogonal quantum states is a valuable resource in quantum information applications such as cryptography and randomness generation. In this article, we present a sequential state-discrimination scheme…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Lemieux Wang , Hanwool Lee , Joonwoo Bae , Kieran Flatt

State discrimination is a useful test problem with which to clarify the power and limitations of different classes of measurement. We consider the problem of discriminating between given states of a bi-partite quantum system via sequential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-25 Sarah Croke , Stephen M. Barnett , Graeme Weir

We relate the the distinguishability of quantum states with their robustness of the entanglement, where the robustness of any resource quantifies how tolerant it is to noise. In particular, we identify upper and lower bounds on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Debarupa Saha , Kornikar Sen , Chirag Srivastava , Ujjwal Sen

The task of state discrimination for a set of mutually orthogonal pure states is trivial if one has access to the corresponding sharp (projection-valued) measurement, but what if we are restricted to an unsharp measurement? Given that any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 Tom Bullock , Teiko Heinosaari

Two pure orthogonal quantum states can be perfectly distinguished by sequential local action of multiple pairs of parties. However, this process typically leads to the complete dissolution of entanglement in the states being discriminated.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-10 Debarupa Saha , Priya Ghosh , Kornikar Sen , Chirag Srivastava , Ujjwal Sen

We discuss sequential unambiguous state-discrimination measurements performed on the same qubit. Alice prepares a qubit in one of two possible states. The qubit is first sent to Bob, who measures it, and then on to Charlie, who also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Janos Bergou , Edgar Feldman , Mark Hillery

Quantum hypothesis testing is an important tool for quantum information processing. Two main strategies have been widely adopted: in a minimum error discrimination strategy, the average error probability is minimized; while in an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-25 Quntao Zhuang

In quantum reading, a quantum state of light (transmitter) is applied to read classical information. In the presence of noise or for sufficiently weak signals, quantum reading can outperform classical reading by enhanced state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-22 Wojciech Roga , Daniela Buono , Fabrizio Illuminati