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In this work we determine a lower bound to the mean value of the quantum potential for an arbitrary state. Furthermore, we derive a generalized uncertainty relation that is stronger than the Robertson-Schr\"odinger inequality and hence also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-08 F. Nicacio , F. T. Falciano

We establish the tightest possible Robertson-type preparation uncertainty relation, which explicitly depends on the eigenvalues of the quantum state. The conventional constant $ \tfrac{1}{4} $ is replaced by a state-dependent coefficient…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Gen Kimura , Aina Mayumi , Haruki Yamashita

The uncertainty relation is a distinguishing feature of quantum theory, characterizing the incompatibility of noncommuting observables in the preparation of quantum states. Recently, many uncertainty relations were proposed with improved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-25 Zhi-Xin Chen , Jun-Li Li , Qiu-Cheng Song , Hui Wang , S. M. Zangi , Cong-Feng Qiao

An inequality in quantum mechanics, which does not appear to be well known, is derived by elementary means and shown to be quite useful. The inequality applies to 'all' operators and 'all' pairs of quantum states, including mixed states. It…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gordon N. Fleming

Heisenberg uncertainty relation is at the origin of understanding minimum uncertainty states and squeezed states of light. In the recent past, sum uncertainty relation was formulated by Maccone and Pati [Maccone and Pati, Phys. Rev. Lett.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Yatindra Kumar , Yashraj Jha , Namrata Shukla

Measurement uncertainty relations are quantitative bounds on the errors in an approximate joint measurement of two observables. They can be seen as a generalization of the error/disturbance tradeoff first discussed heuristically by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-01 Paul Busch , Pekka Lahti , Reinhard F Werner

Constructive techniques to establish state-independent uncertainty relations for the sum of variances of arbitrary two observables are presented. We investigate the range of simultaneously attainable pairs of variances, which can be applied…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-26 Konrad Szymański , Karol Życzkowski

The uncertainty relation is one of the key ingredients of quantum theory. Despite the great efforts devoted to this subject, most of the variance-based uncertainty relations are state-dependent and suffering from the triviality problem of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-08 Chen Qian , Jun-Li Li , Cong-Feng Qiao

Given two or more non-commuting observables, it is generally not possible to simultaneously assign precise values to each. This quantum mechanical uncertainty principle is widely understood to be encapsulated by some form of uncertainty…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Paul Busch , Oliver Reardon-Smith

We prove a few novel state-dependent uncertainty relations for product as well the sum of variances of two incompatible observables. These uncertainty relations are shown to be tighter than the Roberson-Schr\"odinger uncertainty relation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Debasis Mondal , Shrobona Bagchi , Arun Kumar Pati

Uncertainty relations provide constraints on how well the outcomes of incompatible measurements can be predicted, and, as well as being fundamental to our understanding of quantum theory, they have practical applications such as for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Patrick J. Coles , Roger Colbeck , Li Yu , Michael Zwolak

We present an equivalence theorem to unify the two classes of uncertainty relations, i.e., the variance-based ones and the entropic forms, which shows that the entropy of an operator in a quantum system can be built from the variances of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-13 Jun-Li Li , Cong-Feng Qiao

Learning physical properties of a quantum system is essential for the developments of quantum technologies. However, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle constrains the potential knowledge one can simultaneously have about a system in quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-25 Yunlong Xiao , Naihuan Jing , Bing Yu , Shao-Ming Fei , Xianqing Li-Jost

Unsolved controversies about uncertainty relations and quantum measurements still persists nowadays. They originate around the shortcomings regarding the conventional interpretation of uncertainty relations. Here we show that the respective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Dumitru

The Schr{\"o}dinger inequality is known to underlie the Kennard-Robertson inequality, which is the standard expression of quantum uncertainty for the product of variances of two observables $A$ and $B$, in the sense that the latter is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-10 Jaeha Lee , Keita Takeuchi , Kaisei Watanabe , Izumi Tsutsui

As a foundation of modern physics, uncertainty relations describe an ultimate limit for the measurement uncertainty of incompatible observables. Traditionally, uncertain relations are formulated by mathematical bounds for a specific state.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-18 Jie Xie , Songtao Huang , Li Zhou , Aonan Zhang , Huichao Xu , Man-Hong Yung , Nengkun Yu , Lijian Zhang

Uncertainty relations have become the trademark of quantum theory since they were formulated by Bohr and Heisenberg. This review covers various generalizations and extensions of the uncertainty relations in quantum theory that involve the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-09-12 Iwo Bialynicki-Birula , Lukasz Rudnicki

Uncertainty relations are a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics. How can these relations be found systematically? Here we develop a semidefinite programming hierarchy for additive uncertainty relations in the variances of non-commuting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-13 Moisés Bermejo Morán , Felix Huber

Uncertainty relations play a significant role in drawing a line between classical physics and quantum physics. Since the introduction by Heisenberg, these relations have been considerably explored. However, the effect of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 Shrobona Bagchi , Chandan Datta , Pankaj Agrawal

The Heisenberg uncertainty relation, together with Robertson's generalisation, serves as a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics, showing that noncommutative pairs of observables cannot be measured precisely. In this study, we explore…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-25 Tomohiro Nishiyama , Yoshihiko Hasegawa