A group-theoretic approach to elimination measurements of qubit sequences

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Auteurs principaux: Hillery, Mark, Andersson, Erika, Vergheese, Ittoop
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author Hillery, Mark
Andersson, Erika
Vergheese, Ittoop
author_facet Hillery, Mark
Andersson, Erika
Vergheese, Ittoop
contents Most measurements are designed to tell you which of several alternatives have occurred, but it is also possible to make measurements that eliminate possibilities and tell you an alternative that did not occur. Measurements of this type have proven useful in quantum foundations and in quantum cryptography. Here we show how group theory can be used to design such measurements. After some general considerations, we focus on the case of measurements on two-qubit states that eliminate one state. We then move on to construct measurements that eliminate two three-qubit states and four four-qubit states. A condition that constrains the construction of elimination measurements is then presented. Finally, in an appendix, we briefly consider the case of elimination measurements with failure probabilities and an elimination measurement on $n$-qubit states.
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spellingShingle A group-theoretic approach to elimination measurements of qubit sequences
Hillery, Mark
Andersson, Erika
Vergheese, Ittoop
Quantum Physics
Most measurements are designed to tell you which of several alternatives have occurred, but it is also possible to make measurements that eliminate possibilities and tell you an alternative that did not occur. Measurements of this type have proven useful in quantum foundations and in quantum cryptography. Here we show how group theory can be used to design such measurements. After some general considerations, we focus on the case of measurements on two-qubit states that eliminate one state. We then move on to construct measurements that eliminate two three-qubit states and four four-qubit states. A condition that constrains the construction of elimination measurements is then presented. Finally, in an appendix, we briefly consider the case of elimination measurements with failure probabilities and an elimination measurement on $n$-qubit states.
title A group-theoretic approach to elimination measurements of qubit sequences
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.02055