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LOCC distinguishability of unilaterally transformable quantum states

Quantum Physics 2015-05-27 v3

Abstract

We consider the question of perfect local distinguishability of mutually orthogonal bipartite quantum states, with the property that every state can be specified by a unitary operator acting on the local Hilbert space of Bob. We show that if the states can be exactly discriminated by one-way LOCC where Alice goes first, then the unitary operators can also be perfectly distinguished by an orthogonal measurement on Bob's Hilbert space. We give examples of sets of N<=d maximally entangled states in ddd \otimes d for d=4,5,6 that are not perfectly distinguishable by one-way LOCC. Interestingly for d=5,6 our examples consist of four and five states respectively. We conjecture that these states cannot be perfectly discriminated by two-way LOCC.

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@article{arxiv.1102.0841,
  title  = {LOCC distinguishability of unilaterally transformable quantum states},
  author = {Somshubhro Bandyopadhyay and Sibasish Ghosh and Guruprasad Kar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0841},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Revised version, new proofs added; to appear in New Journal of Physics

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