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Main Authors: Gomez, Jean F., Albrecht, Hermann L.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11579
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author Gomez, Jean F.
Albrecht, Hermann L.
author_facet Gomez, Jean F.
Albrecht, Hermann L.
contents Given the current interest in quantum information tasks involving higher-dimensional systems, we discuss issues that appear when extending the bit-flip channel to qutrit systems. The difficulties arise from the different interpretations of the Pauli X gate for qubits, leading to three inequivalent formulations. We compared our results with the commonly used cyclic one-parameter trit flip channels and demonstrated that they are particular cases of those more general formulations we present here. Also, we extended these channels to higher-dimensional qudit systems, therefore defining different dit flip channels. Finally, we studied their impact on the Negativity, as an entanglement measure, of qubit-qutrit and 2-qutrit Werner states. In doing so, we showed the inequivalence of these versions, as they affect the states' entanglement in very distinct ways.
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spellingShingle On the issues arising when defining an X gate for qudits: Extending the Bit-Flip Channel to $d$-dimensional systems
Gomez, Jean F.
Albrecht, Hermann L.
Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
Given the current interest in quantum information tasks involving higher-dimensional systems, we discuss issues that appear when extending the bit-flip channel to qutrit systems. The difficulties arise from the different interpretations of the Pauli X gate for qubits, leading to three inequivalent formulations. We compared our results with the commonly used cyclic one-parameter trit flip channels and demonstrated that they are particular cases of those more general formulations we present here. Also, we extended these channels to higher-dimensional qudit systems, therefore defining different dit flip channels. Finally, we studied their impact on the Negativity, as an entanglement measure, of qubit-qutrit and 2-qutrit Werner states. In doing so, we showed the inequivalence of these versions, as they affect the states' entanglement in very distinct ways.
title On the issues arising when defining an X gate for qudits: Extending the Bit-Flip Channel to $d$-dimensional systems
topic Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11579