On the reliability and accessibility of quantum measurement apparatuses

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Hauptverfasser: Pranzini, Nicola, Verrucchi, Paola
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author Pranzini, Nicola
Verrucchi, Paola
author_facet Pranzini, Nicola
Verrucchi, Paola
contents We propose a classification of measurement apparatuses based on their reliability and accessibility. Our notion of reliability parameterises the possibility of getting unexpected wrong results when using the apparatus in a given time window, and the one of accessibility describes the energy cost required to make the apparatus interact with a measured system. The classification is obtained by relating an apparatus's reliability and accessibility to the time dependence of the overlap of its pointer states. As an example, we study a one-to-all qubit interaction in which all the qubits act as a measurement apparatus for the one. This model shows that using randomly selected couplings results in accessible but unpredictable measurement apparatuses. Conversely, apparatuses with uniform coupling exhibit higher reliability but are energetically more costly.
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spellingShingle On the reliability and accessibility of quantum measurement apparatuses
Pranzini, Nicola
Verrucchi, Paola
Quantum Physics
We propose a classification of measurement apparatuses based on their reliability and accessibility. Our notion of reliability parameterises the possibility of getting unexpected wrong results when using the apparatus in a given time window, and the one of accessibility describes the energy cost required to make the apparatus interact with a measured system. The classification is obtained by relating an apparatus's reliability and accessibility to the time dependence of the overlap of its pointer states. As an example, we study a one-to-all qubit interaction in which all the qubits act as a measurement apparatus for the one. This model shows that using randomly selected couplings results in accessible but unpredictable measurement apparatuses. Conversely, apparatuses with uniform coupling exhibit higher reliability but are energetically more costly.
title On the reliability and accessibility of quantum measurement apparatuses
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.10770