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| How quantum is a quantum ensemble? | |
Luo, Shunlong1 ; Li, Nan1; Sun, Wei2
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| 2010-12-01 | |
| Source Publication | QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING
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| ISSN | 1570-0755 |
| Volume | 9Issue:6Pages:711-726 |
| Abstract | In the Hilbert space operator formalism of quantum mechanics, a single quantum state, which is represented by a density operator, can be regarded as classical in the sense that it can always be diagonalized. However, a quantum ensemble, which is represented by a family of quantum states together with a probability distribution specifying the probability of the occurrence of each state, cannot be diagonalized simultaneously in generic cases, and possesses intrinsic quantum features as long as the involved quantum states are not commutative. The natural question arises as how to quantify its quantumness. By virtue of a canonical correspondence between quantum ensembles and classical-quantum bipartite states, we propose an intuitive entropic quantity which captures certain quantum features of quantum ensembles, and compare it with that defined as the gap between the Holevo quantity and the accessible information. Implications for quantum cryptography and relations to quantum channel capacities are indicated. Some illustrative examples are worked out. |
| Keyword | Quantum ensemble Von Neumann measurement Quantum correlations Holevo quantity |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11128-010-0162-5 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | NSFC[10771208] ; Key Lab of Random Complex Structures and Data Science, CAS[2008DP173182] ; NSERC[311945-2008] |
| WOS Research Area | Physics |
| WOS Subject | Physics, Multidisciplinary ; Physics, Mathematical |
| WOS ID | WOS:000283943100005 |
| Publisher | SPRINGER |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.amss.ac.cn/handle/2S8OKBNM/10573 |
| Collection | 应用数学研究所 |
| Corresponding Author | Luo, Shunlong |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Acad Math & Syst Sci, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 2.Concordia Univ, Dept Math & Stat, Montreal, PQ H3G 1M8, Canada |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Luo, Shunlong,Li, Nan,Sun, Wei. How quantum is a quantum ensemble?[J]. QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING,2010,9(6):711-726. |
| APA | Luo, Shunlong,Li, Nan,&Sun, Wei.(2010).How quantum is a quantum ensemble?.QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING,9(6),711-726. |
| MLA | Luo, Shunlong,et al."How quantum is a quantum ensemble?".QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING 9.6(2010):711-726. |
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