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Quantum computing's potential is immense, promising super-polynomial reductions in execution time, energy use, and memory requirements compared to classical computers. This technology has the power to revolutionize scientific applications…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-01 Samudra Dasgupta

We investigate distinguishability (measured by fidelity) of the initial and the final state of a qubit, which is an object of the so-called nonideal quantum measurement of the first kind. We show that the fidelity of a nonideal measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miroljub Dugic , Milan M. Cirkovic

Measurement is an important scientific activity. In most of science, including classical physics, is may be understood as a way of finding out about the physical world and representing the results numerically. No-go theorems show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Richard Healey

As commonly understood, the noise spectroscopy problem---characterizing the statistical properties of a noise process affecting a quantum system by measuring its response---is ill-posed. Ad-hoc solutions assume implicit structure which is…

This work develops measures for quantifying the effects of field noise upon targeted unitary transformations. Robustness to noise is assessed in the framework of the quantum control landscape, which is the mapping from the control to the…

The quantum computing devices of today have tens to hundreds of qubits that are highly susceptible to noise due to unwanted interactions with their environment. The theory of quantum error correction provides a scheme by which the effects…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-02 Akshaya Jayashankar , Prabha Mandayam

The peculiar uncertainty or randomness of quantum measurements stems from coherence, whose information-theoretic characterization is currently under investigation. Under the resource theory of coherence, it is interesting to investigate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-25 Xiao Yuan , Qi Zhao , Davide Girolami , Xiongfeng Ma

When modeling the effects of noise on quantum circuits, one often makes the assumption that these effects can be accounted for by individual decoherence events following an otherwise noise-free gate. In this work, we address the validity of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-19 Keith R. Fratus , Juha Leppäkangas , Michael Marthaler , Jan-Michael Reiner

Quantum fluctuations impose fundamental limits on measurement and space-time probing. Although using optimised probe fields can allow to push sensitivity in a position measurement beyond the "standard quantum limit", quantum fluctuations of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 Marc-Thierry Jaekel , Serge Reynaud

Entanglement plays an indispensable role in numerous quantum information and quantum computation tasks, underscoring the need for efficiently verifying entangled states. In recent years, quantum state verification has received increasing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-15 Lan Zhang , Yinfei Li , Ye-Chao Liu , Jiangwei Shang

Measurements take a singular role in quantum theory. While they are often idealized as an instantaneous process, this is in conflict with all other physical processes in nature. In this Letter, we adopt a standpoint where the interaction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-15 Nathan Shettell , Federico Centrone , Luis Pedro García-Pintos

Quantum sensors hold considerable promise for precision measurement, yet their capabilities are inherently constrained by environmental noise. A fundamental task in quantum sensing is determining the precision limit of noisy sensor devices.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Dayou Yang , Moulik Ketkar , Koenraad Audenaert , Susana F. Huelga , Martin B. Plenio

Consideration of the von Neumann measurement process underlying interference experiments shows that the uncertainty in the incoming wave, responsible for its interference, translates during measurement into an uncertainty at the measuring…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Srikanth

We quantify the intrinsic noise content of an observable in a general probabilistic theory and derive a noise content inequality for incompatible observables. We apply the derived inequality to standard quantum theory, the quantum theory of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-29 Sergey Filippov , Teiko Heinosaari , Leevi Leppäjärvi

Quantum systems are inherently susceptible to noise -- a notorious factor that induces decoherence and limits the performance of quantum applications. To mitigate its detrimental effects, various techniques have been developed, including…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-21 Yu-Bo Hou , Xiaoan Ai , Ruizhe You , Changchun Zhong

In the race towards quantum computing, the potential benefits of quantum neural networks (QNNs) have become increasingly apparent. However, Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) processors are prone to errors, which poses a significant…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Erik B. Terres Escudero , Danel Arias Alamo , Oier Mentxaka Gómez , Pablo García Bringas

Experimental validation and control of quantum traits for an open quantum system are important for any quantum information purpose. We consider a traveling atom qubit as a quantum memory with adjustable velocity inside a leaky cavity,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 Farzam Nosrati , Ali Mortezapour , Rosario Lo Franco

The main challenge of quantum computing on its way to scalability is the erroneous behaviour of current devices. Understanding and predicting their impact on computations is essential to counteract these errors with methods such as quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-16 Tom Weber , Kerstin Borras , Karl Jansen , Dirk Krücker , Matthias Riebisch

The ability to use quantum technology to achieve useful tasks, be they scientific or industry related, boils down to precise quantum control. In general it is difficult to assess a proposed solution due to the difficulties in characterising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-07 Akram Youssry , Gerardo A. Paz-Silva , Christopher Ferrie

Quantum advantage requires overcoming noise-induced degradation of quantum systems. Conventional methods for reducing noise such as error mitigation face scalability issues in deep circuits. Specifically, noise hampers the extraction of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-05 Yonglong Ding , Ruyu Yang