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Entropic uncertainty relations for successive generalized measurements

Quantum Physics 2018-01-04 v1

Abstract

We derive entropic uncertainty relations for successive generalized measurements by using general descriptions of quantum measurement within two {distinctive operational} scenarios. In the first scenario, by merging {two successive measurements} into one we consider successive measurement scheme as a method to perform an overall {composite} measurement. In the second scenario, on the other hand, we consider it as a method to measure a pair of jointly measurable observables by marginalizing over the distribution obtained in this scheme. In the course of this work, we identify that limits on one's ability to measure with low uncertainty via this scheme come from intrinsic unsharpness of observables obtained in each scenario. In particular, for the L\"{u}ders instrument, disturbance caused by the first measurement to the second one gives rise to the unsharpness at least as much as incompatibility of the observables composing successive measurement.

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@article{arxiv.1801.00897,
  title  = {Entropic uncertainty relations for successive generalized measurements},
  author = {Kyunghyun Baek and Wonmin Son},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.00897},
  year   = {2018}
}

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14 pages and 3 figures

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