Quantum fidelity measures for mixed states

Applications of quantum technology often require fidelities to quantify performance. These provide a fundamental yardstick for the comparison of two quantum states. While this is straightforward in the case of pure states, it is much more subtle for the more general case of mixed quantum states ofte...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Yeong-Cherng Liang, Yu-Hao, Yeh, Paulo E M F Mendonça, Run Yan Teh, Reid, Margaret D, Drummond, Peter D
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 18.10.2018
Subjects
Computer simulation
Hilbert space
Norms
Physics - Quantum Physics
Properties (attributes)
Quantum computers
Quantum teleportation
Quantum theory
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Summary:Applications of quantum technology often require fidelities to quantify performance. These provide a fundamental yardstick for the comparison of two quantum states. While this is straightforward in the case of pure states, it is much more subtle for the more general case of mixed quantum states often found in practice. A large number of different proposals exist. In this review, we summarize the required properties of a quantum fidelity measure, and compare them, to determine which properties each of the different measures has. We show that there are large classes of measures that satisfy all the required properties of a fidelity measure, just as there are many norms of Hilbert space operators, and many measures of entropy. We compare these fidelities, with detailed proofs of their properties. We also summarize briefly the applications of these measures in teleportation, quantum memories, quantum computers, quantum communications, and quantum phase-space simulations.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1810.08034