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Quantum coherence characterizes the non-classical feature of a single party system with respect to a local basis. Based on a recently introduced resource framework, coherence can be regarded as a resource and be systematically manipulated…

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Quantum coherence was recently formalized as a physical resource to measure the strength of superposition. Based on the resource theory, we present a systematic framework that connects a coherence measure to the security of quantum key…

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One of the main problems in any quantum resource theory is the characterization of the conversions between resources by means of the free operations of the theory. In this work, we advance on this characterization within the quantum…

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We consider the physical situations where the resource theories of coherence and thermodynamics play competing roles. In particular, we study the creation of quantum coherence using unitary operations with limited thermodynamic resources.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-01 Avijit Misra , Uttam Singh , Samyadeb Bhattacharya , Arun Kumar Pati

We derive a necessary condition for the existence of a completely-positive, linear, trace-preserving map which deterministically transforms one finite set of pure quantum states into another. This condition is also sufficient for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Anthony Chefles

Quantum phase estimation is a core task in quantum technologies ranging from metrology to quantum computing, where it appears as a key subroutine in various algorithms. Here, we quantitatively connect the performance of phase estimation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-11 Felix Ahnefeld , Thomas Theurer , Martin B. Plenio

We study the transition probability and coherence of a two-site system, interacting with an oscillator. Both properties depend on the initial preparation. The oscillator is prepared in a thermal state and, even though it cannot be…

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Coherence of a quantum state intrinsically depends on the choice of the reference basis. A natural question to ask is the following: if we use two or more incompatible reference bases, can~there be some trade-off relation between the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-20 Uttam Singh , Arun Kumar Pati , Manabendra Nath Bera

Coherence and entanglement are fundamental properties of quantum systems, promising to power the near future quantum computers, sensors and simulators. Yet, their experimental detection is challenging, usually requiring full reconstruction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-01 Graeme Smith , John A. Smolin , Xiao Yuan , Qi Zhao , Davide Girolami , Xiongfeng Ma

A major signature of quantum mechanics beyond classical physics is coherence, the existence of superposition states. The recently developed resource theory of quantum coherence allows the formalisation of incoherent operations -- those…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-10 Benjamin Yadin , Jiajun Ma , Davide Girolami , Mile Gu , Vlatko Vedral

Coherence is a basic phenomenon in quantum mechanics and considered to be an essential resource in quantum information processing. Although the quantification of coherence has attracted a lot of interest, the lack of efficient methods to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-18 Xiao-Dong Yu , Otfried Gühne

Quantum resource theory under different classes of quantum operations advances multiperspective understandings of inherent quantum-mechanical properties, such as quantum coherence and quantum entanglement. We establish hierarchies of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Hayata Yamasaki , Madhav Krishnan Vijayan , Min-Hsiu Hsieh

Quantum coherence is an essential feature of quantum mechanics and is an important physical resource in quantum information. Recently, the resource theory of quantum coherence has been established parallel with that of entanglement. In the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Si-ren Yang , Chang-shui Yu

Key quantum features like coherence are the fundamental resources enabling quantum advantages and ascertaining their presence in quantum systems is crucial for developing quantum technologies. This task, however, faces severe challenges in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Qi-Ming Ding , Ting Zhang , Hui Li , Da-Jian Zhang

Quantum coherence is an exquisitely quantum phenomenon that depends on both probability amplitudes and relative phases. Standard coherence measures quantify superposition within density matrices but cannot distinguish ensembles that produce…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Cameron Hahn , Nishan Ranabhat , Fabio Anza

Quantum coherence is one of the key features that fuels applications for which quantum mechanics exceeds the power of classical physics. This explains the considerable efforts that were undertaken to quantify coherence via quantum resource…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 Michele Masini , Thomas Theurer , Martin B. Plenio

Quantum resource theories provide a diverse and powerful framework for extensively studying the phenomena in quantum physics. Quantum coherence, a quantum resource, is the basic ingredient in many quantum information tasks. It is a subject…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 Sunho Kim , Chunhe Xiong , Asutosh Kumar , Junde Wu

It is well known that the majorization condition is the necessary and sufficient condition for the deterministic transformations of both pure bipartite entangled states by local operations and coherent states under incoherent operations. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-30 Gokhan Torun , Ali Yildiz

Quantifying quantum coherence is a key task in the resource theory of coherence. Here we establish a good coherence monotone in terms of a state conversion process, which automatically endows the coherence monotone with an operational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Deng-hui Yu , Li-qiang Zhang , Chang-shui Yu

That superpositions of states can be useful for performing tasks in quantum systems has been known since the early days of quantum information, but only recently has quantitative theory of quantum coherence been proposed. Here we apply that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-16 Mark Hillery