Exact and approximate conditions of tabletop reversibility: when is Petz recovery cost-free?

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Main Authors: Song, Minjeong, Kwon, Hyukjoon, Scarani, Valerio
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Published: 2025
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author Song, Minjeong
Kwon, Hyukjoon
Scarani, Valerio
author_facet Song, Minjeong
Kwon, Hyukjoon
Scarani, Valerio
contents Channels $\mathcal{N}$ that describe open quantum dynamics are inherently irreversible: it is impossible to undo their effect completely, but one can study partial recovery of the information. The Petz recovery map $\hat{\mathcal{N}}_γ^{(\texttt{P})}$ is a systematic construction that depends only on $\mathcal{N}$ and on a reference state $γ$, which will be recovered exactly. If the real input state was different from $γ$, the recovery is partial, with a guarantee of near-optimality. Generically, an implementation of the Petz recovery map would look very different from the implementation of the channel. It is natural to study under which conditions the two maps require similar or even identical resources. The noisy forward channel $\mathcal{N}$ is called ``tabletop time-reversible'' for a given $γ$ when the corresponding Petz recovery map is realizable in such a way. First, we study the exact tabletop reversibility (TTR) conditions. We show in particular that a time-sensitive control of an ancilla system is needed. Second, we present the approximate TTR conditions, which do not require such a time-sensitive control. Third, we derive Lindbladian TTR conditions under a random-time collision model.
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spellingShingle Exact and approximate conditions of tabletop reversibility: when is Petz recovery cost-free?
Song, Minjeong
Kwon, Hyukjoon
Scarani, Valerio
Quantum Physics
Channels $\mathcal{N}$ that describe open quantum dynamics are inherently irreversible: it is impossible to undo their effect completely, but one can study partial recovery of the information. The Petz recovery map $\hat{\mathcal{N}}_γ^{(\texttt{P})}$ is a systematic construction that depends only on $\mathcal{N}$ and on a reference state $γ$, which will be recovered exactly. If the real input state was different from $γ$, the recovery is partial, with a guarantee of near-optimality. Generically, an implementation of the Petz recovery map would look very different from the implementation of the channel. It is natural to study under which conditions the two maps require similar or even identical resources. The noisy forward channel $\mathcal{N}$ is called ``tabletop time-reversible'' for a given $γ$ when the corresponding Petz recovery map is realizable in such a way. First, we study the exact tabletop reversibility (TTR) conditions. We show in particular that a time-sensitive control of an ancilla system is needed. Second, we present the approximate TTR conditions, which do not require such a time-sensitive control. Third, we derive Lindbladian TTR conditions under a random-time collision model.
title Exact and approximate conditions of tabletop reversibility: when is Petz recovery cost-free?
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26895