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Quantum resource theories (QRTs) offer a highly versatile and powerful framework for studying different phenomena in quantum physics. From quantum entanglement to quantum computation, resource theories can be used to quantify a desirable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-23 Eric Chitambar , Gilad Gour

Quantum-state texture is a recently proposed quantum resource that characterizes the inhomogeneity of a quantum state's matrix element distribution in the computational basis, enriching our understanding of quantum state structure. To…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 Xiangyu Chen , Qiang Lei

We introduce a resource theory of channels relevant to communication via quantum channels, in which the set of constant channels --- useless channels for communication tasks --- is considered as the free resource. We find that our theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-27 Ryuji Takagi , Kun Wang , Masahito Hayashi

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

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

Resource identification and quantification is an essential element of both classical and quantum information theory. Entanglement is one of these resources, arising when quantum communication and nonlocal operations are expensive to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-20 Sebastian Meznaric

One of the central problems in the study of quantum resource theories is to provide a given resource with an operational meaning, characterizing physical tasks in which the resource can give an explicit advantage over all resourceless…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-06 Ryuji Takagi , Bartosz Regula , Kaifeng Bu , Zi-Wen Liu , Gerardo Adesso

Quantum theory describes multipartite objects of various types: quantum states, nonlocal boxes, steering assemblages, teleportages, distributed measurements, channels, and so on. Such objects describe, for example, the resources shared in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-07 Denis Rosset , David Schmid , Francesco Buscemi

I review recent works showing that information geometry is a useful framework to characterize quantum coherence and entanglement. Quantum systems exhibit peculiar properties which cannot be justified by classical physics, e.g. quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-08 Davide Girolami

We investigate the conditions under which an uncontrollable background processes may be harnessed by an agent to perform a task that would otherwise be impossible within their operational framework. This situation can be understood from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-21 Graeme D. Berk , Andrew J. P. Garner , Benjamin Yadin , Kavan Modi , Felix A. Pollock

We introduce a framework unifying the mathematical characterisation of different measures of general quantum resources and allowing for a systematic way to define a variety of faithful quantifiers for any given convex quantum resource…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-17 Bartosz Regula

Quantum information processing relies on a variety of resources, including entanglement, coherence, non-Gaussianity, and magic. In realistic settings, protocols run on networks of parties with heterogeneous local resource constraints, so…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 Ray Ganardi , Jeongrak Son , Jakub Czartowski , Seok Hyung Lie , Nelly H. Y. Ng

The nonclassical properties of quantum states are of tremendous interest due to their potential applications in future technologies. It has recently been realized that the concept of a "resource theory" is a powerful approach to quantifying…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Wenchao Ge , Kurt Jacobs , Saeed Asiri , Michael Foss-Feig , M. Suhail Zubairy

Continuous-variable systems realized in quantum optics play a major role in quantum information processing, and it is also one of the promising candidates for a scalable quantum computer. We introduce a resource theory for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Ryuji Takagi , Quntao Zhuang

We study the one-shot distillation of general quantum resources, providing a unified quantitative description of the maximal fidelity achievable in this task, and revealing similarities shared by broad classes of resources. We establish…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-22 Bartosz Regula , Kaifeng Bu , Ryuji Takagi , Zi-Wen Liu

Recent developments surrounding resource theories have shown that any quantum state or measurement resource, with respect to a convex (and compact) set of resourceless objects, provides an advantage in a tailored subchannel or state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-05 Roope Uola , Tristan Kraft , Alastair A. Abbott

A fundamental approach for the characterization and quantification of all kinds of resources is to study the conversion between different resource objects under certain constraints. Here we analyze, from a resource-non-specific standpoint,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-11 Zi-Wen Liu , Kaifeng Bu , Ryuji Takagi

In this paper, I propose a project of enlisting quantum information science as a source of task-oriented axioms for use in the investigation of operational theories in a general framework capable of encompassing quantum mechanics, classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Howard Barnum

Understanding whether uniquely quantum features can provide concrete advantages in thermodynamic processes is a central objective of quantum thermodynamics. A key challenge is quantifying how different forms of non-classicality can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-06 Luis Pedro Garcıa-Pintos , Tanmoy Biswas , Chandan Datta

We employ the resource theory of generalized contextuality as a tool for analyzing the structure of prepare-and-measure scenarios. We argue that this framework simplifies proofs of quantum contextuality in complex scenarios and strengthens…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-29 Rafael Wagner , Roberto D. Baldijão , Alisson Tezzin , Bárbara Amaral