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We first review and critically examine some basic concepts and ambiguities related to quantum mechanics and quantum measurement to understand the success and shortcomings of current theories. We also touch on ideas regarding expression of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-05 Fariel Shafee

Quantum sensing is commonly described as a constrained optimization problem: maximize the information gained about an unknown quantity using a limited number of particles. Important sensors including gravitational-wave interferometers and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-05 Morgan W. Mitchell

We present a quantum information theory that allows for a consistent description of entanglement. It parallels classical (Shannon) information theory but is based entirely on density matrices (rather than probability distributions) for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Nicolas J. Cerf , Chris Adami

Maximizing the precision in estimating parameters in a quantum system subject to instrumentation constraints is cast as a convex optimization problem. We account for prior knowledge about the parameter range by developing a worst-case and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-04-01 Robert L. Kosut

Self-testing refers to the possibility of characterizing an unknown quantum device based only on the observed statistics. Here we develop methods for self-testing entangled quantum measurements, a key element for quantum networks. Our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-24 Marc-Olivier Renou , Jędrzej Kaniewski , Nicolas Brunner

A new measure of information in quantum mechanics is proposed which takes into account that for quantum systems the only feature known before an experiment is performed are the probabilities for various events to occur. The sum of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Caslav Brukner , Anton Zeilinger

The theory of controlled quantum open systems describes quantum systems interacting with quantum environments and influenced by external forces varying according to given algorithms. It is aimed, for instance, to model quantum devices which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Robert Alicki

Beginning in abstract space and dislodging the representational form paves a way to formulate a version of a quantum physical measurement scheme. With materiality playing sustainment roles with respect to q-states, these latter control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-21 O. Tapia

We explore set-stabilizability by constrained controls, and both controllability and stabilizability can be regarded as the special case of set-stabilizability. We not only clarify how to define an equilibrium point of Schr$\ddot{o}$dinger…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-21 Ming Zhang , Zairong Xi , Tzyh-Jong Tarn

We introduce novel schemes for quantum computing based on local measurements on entangled resource states. This work elaborates on the framework established in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 220503 (2007), quant-ph/0609149]. Our method makes use of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Gross , J. Eisert , N. Schuch , D. Perez-Garcia

We will give a new model for measurements of a quantum system such that the measuring apparatuses are described by a unital separable non-type I nuclear simple C$^*$-algebra equipped with certain unital endomorphisms and pure states. An…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-26 Akitaka Kishimoto

Quantum state discrimination is a fundamental concept in quantum information theory, which refers to a class of techniques to identify a specific quantum state through a positive operator-valued measure. In this work, we investigate how…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Hyunho Cha , Jungwoo Lee

The complexity of the quantum state of a multiparticle system and the maximum possible accuracy of its quantum description are connected by a relation similar to the coordinate-momentum uncertainty relation. The coefficient in this relation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-01 Yuri I. Ozhigov

We explore precision in a measurement process incorporating pure probe states, unitary dynamics and complete measurements via a simple formalism. The concept of `information complement' is introduced. It undermines measurement precision and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-02-17 Gabriel A. Durkin

Observations in Quantum Mechanics are subject to complex restrictions arising from the principle of energy conservation. Determining such restrictions, however, has been so far an elusive task, and only partial results are known. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Miguel Navascues , Sandu Popescu

We define a "nit" as a radix n measure of quantum information which is based on state partitions associated with the outcomes of n-ary observables and which, for n>2, is fundamentally irreducible to a binary coding. Properties of this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Karl Svozil

We consider the problem of a state determination for a two-level quantum system which can be in one of two nonorthogonal mixed states. It is proved that for the two independent identical systems the optimal combined measurement (which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. E. Allahverdyan , D. B. Saakian

Mutual information I in infinite sequences (and in their finite prefixes) is essential in theoretical analysis of many situations. Yet its right definition has been elusive for a long time. I address it by generalizing Kolmogorov Complexity…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Leonid A. Levin

We show that the key problems of quantum measurement theory, namely the reduction of the wave packet of a microsystem and the specification of its quantum state by a macroscopic measuring instrument, may be rigorously resolved within the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Geoffrey Sewell

Basic quantum information measures involved in the information analysis of quantum systems are considered. It is shown that the main quantum information measurement methods depend on whether the corresponding quantum events are compatible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. A. Grishanin , V. N. Zadkov