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Transforming non-orthogonal bases into orthogonal ones often compromises essential properties or physical meaning in quantum systems. Here, we demonstrate that L\"owdin symmetric orthogonalization (LSO) outperforms the widely used…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Gökhan Torun

The superposition principle lies at the heart of many non-classical properties of quantum mechanics. Motivated by this, we introduce a rigorous resource theory framework for the quantification of superposition of a finite number of linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-19 T. Theurer , N. Killoran , D. Egloff , M. B. Plenio

A combination of a finite number of linear independent states forms superposition in a way that cannot be conceived classically. Here, using the tools of resource theory of superposition, we give the conditions for a class of superposition…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-18 Gokhan Torun , Hüseyin Talha Şenyaşa , Ali Yildiz

One central study that constitutes a major branch of quantum resource theory is the hierarchy of states. This provides a broad understanding of resourcefulness in certain tasks in terms of efficiency. Here, we investigate the maximal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-18 Hüseyin Talha Şenyaşa , Gokhan Torun

Quantum coherence is important in quantum mechanics, and its essence is from superposition principle. We study the coherence of any two pure states and that of their arbitrary superposition, and obtain the relationship between them. In the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 Qiu-Ling Yue , Chao-Hua Yu , Feng Liu , Xiao-Li Wang , Fei Gao , Qiao-Yan Wen

We propose the notion of quantum coherence for superpositions over states which are not necessarily mutually orthogonal. This anticipatedly leads to a resource theory of non-orthogonal coherence. We characterize free states and free…

In this paper, we detail an orthogonalization procedure that allows for the quantification of the amount of coherence present an arbitrary superposition of coherent states. The present construction is based on the quantum coherence resource…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-15 Kok Chuan Tan , Tyler Volkoff , Hyukjoon Kwon , Hyunseok Jeong

The resource theory of coherence studies the operational value of superpositions in quantum technologies. A key question in this theory concerns the efficiency of manipulation and interconversion of this resource. Here we solve this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 Thomas Theurer , Alexander Streltsov , Martin B. Plenio

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

We generalize the recently proposed resource theory of coherence (or superposition) [Baumgratz, Cramer & Plenio, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113:140401; Winter & Yang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116:120404] to the setting where not only the free ("incoherent")…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-21 Khaled Ben Dana , María García Díaz , Mohamed Mejatty , Andreas Winter

The resource theory of quantum coherence studies the off-diagonal elements of a density matrix in a distinguished basis, whereas the resource theory of purity studies all deviations from the maximally mixed state. We establish a direct…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-05 Alexander Streltsov , Hermann Kampermann , Sabine Wölk , Manuel Gessner , Dagmar Bruß

Quantum coherence is one of the most important resources in quantum information. Indeed, preventing the loss of coherence is one of the most important technical challenges obstructing the development of large-scale quantum computers.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-16 John H. Selby , Ciarán M. Lee

The phenomenon of quantum superposition manifests in two distinct ways: it either spreads out across non-orthogonal basis states or remains concealed within their overlaps. Despite its profound implications, the resource theory of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Onur Pusuluk

One of the fundamental features of quantum mechanics is the superposition principle, a manifestation of which is embodied in quantum coherence. Coherence of a quantum state is invariably defined with respect to a preferred set of pointer…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Chirag Srivastava , Sreetama Das , Ujjwal Sen

The resource theory of coherence studies the operational value of superpositions in quantum technologies. A key question in this theory concerns the efficiency of manipulation and inter-conversion of the resource. Here we solve this…

We establish an operational theory of coherence (or of superposition) in quantum systems, by focusing on the optimal rate of performance of certain tasks. Namely, we introduce the two basic concepts - "coherence distillation" and "coherence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-25 Andreas Winter , Dong Yang

Quantum resources,such as discord and entanglement, are crucial in quantum information processing. In this paper, quantum resources are studied from the aspect of quantum state superposition. We define the local superposition (LS) as the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-02 Chengjun Wu , Junhui Li , Bin Luo , Hong Guo

The operational resource theory (ORT) measure is a nonclassicality measure for bosonic states, notable for its resource-theoretic properties and connection to metrology. However, it can be difficult to evaluate, being linked to an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Spencer Rogers , Salman Shahid , Wenchao Ge

The resource theoretic measure of quantum coherence is basis dependent, and the amount of coherence contained in a state is different in different bases. We obtained analytical solutions for the maximum coherence by optimizing the reference…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-13 Ming-Liang Hu , Shu-Qian Shen , Heng Fan

We investigate the maximally coherent states to provide a refinement in quantifying coherence and give a measure-independent definition of the coherence-preserving operations. A maximally coherent state can be considered as the resource to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-22 Yi Peng , Yong Jiang , Heng Fan
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