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We present a scheme to conditionally engineer an optical quantum system via continuous-variable measurements. This scheme yields high-fidelity squeezed single photon and superposition of coherent states, from input single and two photon…

In measurement-based quantum computation (MBQC), quantum circuits are implemented using adaptive measurements on an entangled resource state. In practice, the resource state will always be prepared with some noise, and it is crucial to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 David T. Stephen , Michael Foss-Feig

Measurement-based quantum computation is an efficient model to perform universal computation. Nevertheless, theoretical questions have been raised, mainly with respect to realistic noise conditions. In order to shed some light on this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-22 L. G. E. Arruda , F. F. Fanchini , R. d. J. Napolitano , J. E. M. Hornos , A. O. Caldeira

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

Quantum tomography is a standard technique for characterizing, benchmarking and verifying quantum systems/devices and plays a vital role in advancing quantum technology and understanding the foundations of quantum mechanics. Achieving the…

In this work, we consider the fundamental task of quantum state certification: given copies of an unknown quantum state $\rho$, test whether it matches some target state $\sigma$ or is $\epsilon$-far from it. For certifying $d$-dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-10 Chirag Wadhwa , Sitan Chen

The characterization of quantum features in large Hilbert spaces is a crucial requirement for testing quantum protocols. In the continuous variables encoding, quantum homodyne tomography requires an amount of measurements that increases…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-29 Valeria Cimini , Marco Barbieri , Nicolas Treps , Mattia Walschaers , Valentina Parigi

Pseudo-measurements are the dominant source of uncertainty in distribution system state estimation (DSSE), yet their distributional assumptions are treated as fixed inputs by existing uncertainty quantification methods. This paper…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-14 Betül Mamudi , Jochen Stiasny , Jochen Cremer

In a recent paper, Tilma, Everitt {\it et al.} derived a generalized Wigner function that can characterize both the discrete and continuous variable states, i.e., hybrid states. As such, one can expect that the negativity of the generalized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-19 Ievgen I. Arkhipov , Artur Barasiński , Jiří Svozilík

The efficient and reliable certification of quantum states is essential for various quantum information processing tasks as well as for the general progress on the implementation of quantum technologies. In the last few years several…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-10 Xiao-Dong Yu , Jiangwei Shang , Otfried Gühne

Quantum state tomography aims to determine the state of a quantum system as represented by a density matrix. It is a fundamental task in modern scientific studies involving quantum systems. In this paper, we study estimation of…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-03-25 Tony Cai , Donggyu Kim , Yazhen Wang , Ming Yuan , Harrison H. Zhou

We investigate the estimation of dephasing-induced decoherence in continuous-variable quantum systems using non-Gaussian probe states. By purifying the open system, we identify optimal probes, specifically squeezed cat and symmetric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Arman , Prasanta K. Panigrahi

We derive fidelity benchmarks for the quantum storage and teleportation of squeezed states of continuous variable systems, for input ensembles where the degree of squeezing $s$ is fixed, no information about its orientation in phase space…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Owari , M. B. Plenio , E. S. Polzik , A. Serafini , M. M. Wolf

We propose a systematic procedure to optimize quantum state tomography protocols for continuous variable systems based on excitation counting preceded by a displacement operation. Compared with conventional tomography based on Husimi or…

We study the problem of finding a (pure) product state with optimal fidelity to an unknown $n$-qubit quantum state $\rho$, given copies of $\rho$. This is a basic instance of a fundamental question in quantum learning: is it possible to…

The impact of measurement imperfections on quantum metrology protocols has not been approached in a systematic manner so far. In this work, we tackle this issue by generalising firstly the notion of quantum Fisher information to account for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-21 Yink Loong Len , Tuvia Gefen , Alex Retzker , Jan Kołodyński

Evaluating the reliability of noisy quantum circuits is essential for implementing quantum algorithms on noisy quantum devices. However, current quantum hardware exhibits diverse noise mechanisms whose compounded effects make accurate and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 Jindi Wu , Tianjie Hu , Qun Li

Convex functions of quantum states play a key role in quantum physics, with examples ranging from Bell inequalities to von Neumann entropy. However, in experimental scenarios, direct measurements of these functions are often impractical. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-21 Leonardo Zambrano , Donato Farina , Egle Pagliaro , Marcio M. Taddei , Antonio Acin

A central task in quantum information science is state certification: testing whether an unknown state is $\epsilon_1$-close to a fixed target state, or $\epsilon_2$-far. Recent work has shown that surprisingly simple measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-13 Andrea Coladangelo , Jerry Li , Joseph Slote , Ellen Wu

We introduce an inductive $n$-qubit pure-state estimation method. This is based on projective measurements on states of $2n+1$ separable bases or $2$ entangled bases plus the computational basis. Thus, the total number of measurement bases…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-17 L. Pereira , L. Zambrano , A. Delgado
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