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We analyze a discrimination problem of a single-qubit unitary gate with two candidates, where the candidates are not provided with their classical description, but their quantum sample is. More precisely, there are three unitary quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-26 Akihito Soeda , Atsushi Shimbo , Mio Murao

Unitary randomness underpins both fundamental tasks in quantum information and the modern theory of quantum chaos. On one side, a central concept is that of approximate unitary designs: circuits that look random according to small moments…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Neil Dowling , Jacopo De Nardis , Markus Heinrich , Xhek Turkeshi , Silvia Pappalardi

The optimal state-independent lower bounds for the sum of variances or deviations of observables are of significance for the growing number of experiments that reach the uncertainty limited regime. We present a framework for computing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-02 Lin Zhang , Shunlong Luo , Shao-Ming Fei , Junde Wu

Determining whether a quantum state is separable or entangled is a problem of fundamental importance in quantum information science. It has recently been shown that this problem is NP-hard. There is a highly inefficient `basic algorithm'…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. M. Ioannou , B. C. Travaglione , D. Cheung , A. K. Ekert

Applying post selection in each step of an iterated protocol leads to sensitive quantum dynamics that may be utilized to test and benchmark current quantum computers. An example of this type of protocols was originally proposed for the task…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-10 Adrian Ortega , Orsolya Kálmán , Tamás Kiss

We introduce a hybrid machine-learning algorithm for designing quantum optics experiments that produce specific quantum states. Our algorithm successfully found experimental schemes to produce all 5 states we asked it to, including…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-01 L. O'Driscoll , R. Nichols , P. A. Knott

A semi-device-independent framework for prepare-and-measure experiments is introduced in which an experimenter can tune the degree of distrust in the performance of the quantum devices. In this framework, a receiver operates an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Armin Tavakoli

Scrambling is a process by which the state of a quantum system is effectively randomized due to the global entanglement that "hides" initially localized quantum information. In this work, we lay the mathematical foundations of studying…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-10 Zi-Wen Liu , Seth Lloyd , Elton Yechao Zhu , Huangjun Zhu

The separability detecting problem of mixed states is one of the fundamental problems in quantum information theory. In the last 20 years, almost all methods are based on the sufficient or necessary conditions for entanglement. However, in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Ying Li , Guyan Ni

Suppose we want to benchmark a quantum device held by a remote party, e.g. by testing its ability to carry out challenging quantum measurements outside of a free set of measurements $\mathcal{M}$. A very simple way to do so is to set up a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-16 Ludovico Lami

The unpredictable process of state collapse caused by quantum measurements makes the generation of quantum randomness possible. In this paper, we explore the quantitive connection between the randomness generation and the state collapse and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-21 Liang-Liang Sun , Xingjian Zhang , Xiang Zhou , Zheng-Da Li , Xiongfeng Ma , Jingyun Fan , Sixia Yu

Quantum many-body systems display an extraordinary degree of complexity, yet many of their features are universal: they depend not on microscopic details, but on a few fundamental physical aspects such as symmetries. A central challenge is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-02 Jia-Nan Yang , Lata Kh Joshi , Filiberto Ares , Yihang Han , Pengfei Zhang , Pasquale Calabrese

To witness quantum advantages in practical settings, substantial efforts are required not only at the hardware level but also on theoretical research to reduce the computational cost of a given protocol. Quantum computation has the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-24 Daniel K. Park , Carsten Blank , Francesco Petruccione

Targeting at the realization of scalable photonic quantum technologies, the generation of many photons, their propagation in large optical networks, and a subsequent detection and analysis of sophisticated quantum correlations are essential…

We compare the power of quantum and classical physics in terms of randomness certification from devices which are only partially characterised. We study randomness certification based on state discrimination and take noncontextuality as the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 Carles Roch I Carceller , Kieran Flatt , Hanwool Lee , Joonwoo Bae , Jonatan Bohr Brask

The distribution of quantum coherence in multipartite systems is one of the basic problems in the resource theory of coherence. While the usual coherence measures are defined on a single system and cannot capture the nonlocal correlation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-27 Kaifeng Bu , Lu Li , Shao-Ming Fei , Junde Wu

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

We consider the problem of determining the state of a quantum system given one or more readings of the expectation value of an observable. The system is assumed to be a finite dimensional quantum control system for which we can influence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Domenico D'Alessandro

Device-independent quantum key distribution (QKD) can permit the superior security even with unknown devices. In practice, however, the realization of device-independent QKD is technically challenging because of its low noise tolerance. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-22 Feihu Xu , Yu-Zhe Zhang , Qiang Zhang , Jian-Wei Pan

The uncertainty principle may be considered as giving rise to the notion of incompatibility of observables. A pack of quantum measurements that cannot be measured simultaneously is said to form a set of incompatible measurements. Every set…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-19 Kornikar Sen , Saronath Halder , Ujjwal Sen