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Universal upper bound for the Holevo information induced by a quantum operation

Quantum Physics 2012-11-13 v3

Abstract

Let \cHA\ot\cHB\cH_A\ot \cH_B be a bipartite system and ρAB\rho_{AB} a quantum state on \cHA\ot\cHB\cH_A\ot \cH_B, ρA=\PtrBρAB\rho_A = \Ptr{B}{\rho_{AB}}, ρB=\PtrAρAB\rho_B = \Ptr{A}{\rho_{AB}}. Then each quantum operation ΦB\Phi_B on the quantum system \cHB\cH_B can induce a quantum ensemble {(pμ,ρA,μ)}\set{(p_\mu,\rho_{A,\mu})} on quantum system \cHA\cH_A. In this paper, we show that the Holevo quantity χ{(pμ,ρA,μ)}\chi\set{(p_\mu,\rho_{A,\mu})} of the quantum ensemble {(pμ,ρA,μ)}\set{(p_\mu,\rho_{A,\mu})} can be upper bounded by both subsystem entropies. By using the result, we answer partly a conjecture of Fannes, de Melo, Roga and \.{Z}yczkowski.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1110.5979,
  title  = {Universal upper bound for the Holevo information induced by a quantum operation},
  author = {Lin Zhang and Junde Wu and Shao-Ming Fei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5979},
  year   = {2012}
}

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9 pages, LaTeX, published version

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