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Quantum resource manipulation may include an ancillary state called a catalyst, which aids the transformation while restoring its original form at the end, and characterizing the enhancement enabled by catalysts is essential to reveal the…

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We investigate catalysis in the framework of elementary thermal operations, leveraging the distinct features of such operations to illuminate catalytic dynamics. As groundwork, we establish new technical tools that enhance the computability…

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Many applications of the emerging quantum technologies, such as quantum teleportation and quantum key distribution, require singlets, maximally entangled states of two quantum bits. It is thus of utmost importance to develop optimal…

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The generalized second laws of quantum thermodynamics are usually formulated in terms of R\'enyi divergences and the associated family of generalized free energies. In catalytic thermal transformations, this framework typically certifies…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-24 Ali Can Günhan , Onur Pusuluk , Thomas Oikonomou , G. Baris Bagci

Randomness is a defining element of mixing processes in nature and an essential ingredient to many protocols in quantum information. In this work, we investigate how much randomness is required to transform a given quantum state into…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-07 P. Boes , H. Wilming , R. Gallego , J. Eisert

Determining whether a given state can be transformed into a target state using free operations is one of the fundamental questions in the study of resources theories. Free operations in resource theories can be enhanced by allowing for a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Roberto Rubboli , Marco Tomamichel

Catalysts are quantum systems that open up dynamical pathways between quantum states which are otherwise inaccessible under a given set of operational restrictions while, at the same time, they do not change their quantum state. We here…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-08 Lauritz van Luijk , Reinhard F. Werner , Henrik Wilming

When can noiseless quantum information be sent across noisy quantum devices? And at what maximum rate? These questions lie at the heart of quantum technology, but remain unanswered because of non-additivity -- a fundamental synergy which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Vikesh Siddhu

It has been recently shown that there exist universal fundamental limits to the accuracy and efficiency of the transformation from noisy resource states to pure ones (e.g.,~distillation) in any well-behaved quantum resource theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Kun Fang , Zi-Wen Liu

Quantum catalysts enable transformations that otherwise would be forbidden, offering a pathway to surpass conventional limits in quantum information processing. Among them, embezzling catalysts stand out for achieving near-perfect…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Haitao Ma , Yantong Li , Yingchun Kang , Bing Yu , Junjing Xing , Zhaobing Fan , Yunlong Xiao

The class of possible thermodynamic conversions can be extended by introducing an auxiliary system called catalyst, which assists state conversion while remaining its own state unchanged. We reveal a complete characterization of catalytic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-13 Naoto Shiraishi , Takahiro Sagawa

Which quantum phenomena are advantageous for information processing tasks? By classifying quantum states as resourceful versus non-resourceful, or free, the mathematical formalism of quantum resource theories helps to address such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-22 Leah Turner , Madalin Guta , Gerardo Adesso

The manipulation of quantum "resources" such as entanglement, coherence and magic states lies at the heart of quantum science and technology, empowering potential advantages over classical methods. In practice, a particularly important kind…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-07 Kun Fang , Zi-Wen Liu

Quantum resource distillation is a fundamental task in quantum information science and technology. Minimizing the overhead of distillation is crucial for the realization of quantum computation and other technologies. Here we explicitly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-15 Kun Fang , Zi-Wen Liu

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

Preparing a quantum system in a pure state is ultimately limited by the nature of the system's evolution in the presence of its environment and by the initial state of the environment itself. We show that, when the system and environment…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-05 Francesco Ticozzi , Lorenza Viola

Quantum channel capacities give the fundamental performance limits for information flow over a communication channel. However, the prevalence of superadditivity is a major obstacle to understanding capacities, both quantitatively and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-10 Graeme Smith , Peixue Wu

We propose an approach to the study of quantum resource manipulation based on the basic observation that quantum channels which preserve certain sets of states are contractive with respect to the base norms induced by those sets. We forgo…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 Bartosz Regula , Ludovico Lami

We examine the problem of state transformations in the framework of Gaussian thermal resource theory in the presence of catalysts. To this end, we introduce an expedient parametrisation of covariance matrices in terms of principal mode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-10 Benjamin Yadin , Hyejung H. Jee , Carlo Sparaciari , Gerardo Adesso , Alessio Serafini

One of the key issues in quantum discrimination problems is understanding the extent of the advantages in discrimination performance when using resource states compared to resourceless states. We show that in any resource theory of states,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Kenji Nakahira