Minimal disturbance discrimination of symmetric pure states on the Bloch sphere's equator

Shengli Zhang*, Xubo Zou, Ke Li, Chenhui Jin, Guangcan Guo

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Abstract

This paper addresses the minimal disturbance quantum discrimination among a set of N pure states which are symmetrically distributed on a Bloch sphere equator. The optimal trade-off between the discrimination probability and the state disturbance is exactly derived. The minimal disturbance discrimination which saturates the trade-off turns out to be a convex combination of the minimum error discrimination and the identity maps.

Original languageEnglish
Article number044302
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume77
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Apr 2008
Externally publishedYes

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