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Device-independent quantum information is attracting significant attention, particularly for its applications in information security. This interest arises because the security of device-independent protocols relies solely on the observed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Matteo Padovan , Alessandro Rezzi , Lorenzo Coccia

We investigate quantum state discrimination with confidentiality. $N$ observers share a given quantum state belonging to a finite set of known states. The observers want to determine the state as accurately as possible and send a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-30 Kenji Nakahira , Tsuyoshi Sasaki Usuda , Kentaro Kato

Unambiguous discrimination and exact cloning reduce the square-overlap between quantum states, exemplifying the more general type of procedure we term state separation. We obtain the maximum probability with which two equiprobable quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Anthony Chefles , Stephen M. Barnett

Quantum state discrimination depicts the general progress of extracting classical information from quantum systems. We show that quantum state discrimination can be realized in a device-independent scenario using tools of self-testing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-25 Xinyu Qiu , Lin Chen

We consider the problem of determining the state of an unknown quantum sequence without error. The elements of the given sequence are drawn with equal probability from a known set of linearly independent pure quantum states with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-27 Tathagata Gupta , Shayeef Murshid , Somshubhro Bandyopadhyay

Quantum state discrimination, alongside its other applications, has recently found use as a tool for witnessing generalised contextuality. In this article, we derive noncontextuality inequalities for both conclusive and inconclusive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-07 Kieran Flatt , Joonwoo Bae

We study the procedure for sequential unambiguous state discrimination. A qubit is prepared in one of two possible states, and measured by two observers Bob and Charlie sequentially. A necessary condition for the state to be unambiguously…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-02 Chao-Qian Pang , Fu-Lin Zhang , Li-Fang Xu , Mai-Lin Liang , Jing-Ling Chen

We study the maximum-confidence (MC) measurement strategy for discriminating among nonorthogonal symmetric qudit states. Restricting to linearly dependent and equally likely pure states, we find the optimal positive operator valued measure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-12-23 O. Jiménez , M. A. Solís-Prosser , A. Delgado , L. Neves

In this paper we present the solution to the problem of optimally discriminating among quantum states, i.e., identifying the states with maximum probability of success when a certain fixed rate of inconclusive answers is allowed. By varying…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-31 E. Bagan , R. Munoz-Tapia , G. A. Olivares-Renteria , J. A. Bergou

Quantum state discrimination underlies various applications in quantum information processing tasks. It essentially describes the distinguishability of quantum systems in different states, and the general process of extracting classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-12 Joonwoo Bae , Leong-Chuan Kwek

We study an optimized measurement that discriminates two mixed quantum states with maximum confidence for each conclusive result, thereby keeping the overall probability of inconclusive results as small as possible. When the rank of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ulrike Herzog

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

Deterministic discrimination of nonorthogonal states is forbidden by quantum measurement theory. However, if we do not want to succeed all the time, i.e. allow for inconclusive outcomes to occur, then unambiguous discrimination becomes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Janos Bergou , Ulrike Herzog , Mark Hillery

In quantum state discrimination, one aims to identify unknown states from a given ensemble by performing measurements. Different strategies such as minimum-error discrimination or unambiguous state identification find different optimal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-20 Hanwool Lee , Kieran Flatt , Carles Roch i Carceller , Jonatan Bohr Brask , Joonwoo Bae

Quantum state discrimination enables the accurate identification of quantum states, which are generally nonorthogonal. Among various strategies, minimum-error discrimination and unambiguous state discrimination exhibit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Min Namkung , Hyang-Tag Lim

The problem of non-orthogonal state discrimination underlies crucial quantum information tasks, such as cryptography and computing protocols. Therefore, it is decisive to find optimal scenarios for discrimination among quantum states. We…

In this paper we investigate the connection between quantum information theory and machine learning. In particular, we show how quantum state discrimination can represent a useful tool to address the standard classification problem in…

Sequential Quantum State Discrimination (SQSD) can be naturally framed as a sequential decision-making problem: at each time step, an agent must decide whether to perform an additional measurement to gather more information or to conclude…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Jaehun Jeong , Donghwa Ji , Hyunjun Jang , Kabgyun Jeong

This paper concerns sequential hypothesis testing in competitive multi-agent systems where agents exchange potentially manipulated information. Specifically, a two-agent scenario is studied where each agent aims to correctly infer the true…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-04 Aneesh Raghavan , M. Umar B. Niazi , Karl H. Johansson

Error probability is a popular and well-studied optimization criterion in discriminating non-orthogonal quantum states. It captures the threat from an adversary who can only query the actual state once. However, when the adversary is able…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-11 Weien Chen , Yongzhi Cao , Hanpin Wang , Yuan Feng