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Stochastic Matrix Product States
The concept of stochastic matrix product states is introduced and a natural
form for the states is derived. This allows to define the analogue of Schmidt
coefficients for steady states of non-equilibrium stochastic processes. We
discuss a new measure for correlations which is analogous to the entanglement
entropy, the entropy cost , and show that this measure quantifies the bond
dimension needed to represent a steady state as a matrix product state. We
illustrate these concepts on the hand of the asymmetric exclusion process
Quantum Correlations in Large-Dimensional States of High Symmetry
In this article, we investigate how quantum correlations behave for the
so-called Werner and pseudo-pure families of states. The latter refers to
states formed by mixing any pure state with the totally mixed state. We derive
closed expressions for the Quantum Discord (QD) and the Relative Entropy of
Quantumness (REQ) for these families of states. For Werner states, the
classical correlations are seen to vanish in high dimensions while the amount
of quantum correlations remain bounded and become independent of whether or not
the the state is entangled. For pseudo-pure states, nearly the opposite effect
is observed with both the quantum and classical correlations growing without
bound as the dimension increases and only as the system becomes more entangled.
Finally, we verify that pseudo-pure states satisfy the conjecture of
[\textit{Phys. Rev. A} \textbf{84}, 052110 (2011)] which says that the
Geometric Measure of Discord (GD) always upper bounds the squared Negativity of
the state
Natural Metric for Quantum Information Theory
We study in detail a very natural metric for quantum states. This new
proposal has two basic ingredients: entropy and purification. The metric for
two mixed states is defined as the square root of the entropy of the average of
representative purifications of those states. Some basic properties are
analyzed and its relation with other distances is investigated. As an
illustrative application, the proposed metric is evaluated for 1-qubit mixed
states.Comment: v2: enlarged; presented at ISIT 2008 (Toronto
Spotlighting quantum critical points via quantum correlations at finite temperatures
We extend the program initiated in [T. Werlang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 105,
095702 (2010)] in several directions. Firstly, we investigate how useful
quantum correlations, such as entanglement and quantum discord, are in the
detection of critical points of quantum phase transitions when the system is at
finite temperatures. For that purpose we study several thermalized spin models
in the thermodynamic limit, namely, the XXZ model, the XY model, and the Ising
model, all of which with an external magnetic field. We compare the ability of
quantum discord, entanglement, and some thermodynamic quantities to spotlight
the quantum critical points for several different temperatures. Secondly, for
some models we go beyond nearest-neighbors and also study the behavior of
entanglement and quantum discord for second nearest-neighbors around the
critical point at finite temperature. Finally, we furnish a more quantitative
description of how good all these quantities are in spotlighting critical
points of quantum phase transitions at finite T, bridging the gap between
experimental data and those theoretical descriptions solely based on the
unattainable absolute zero assumption.Comment: 11 pages, 12 figures, RevTex4-1; v2: published versio
Unconditional security proof of long-distance continuous-variable quantum key distribution with discrete modulation
We present a continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocol combining
a discrete modulation and reverse reconciliation. This protocol is proven
unconditionally secure and allows the distribution of secret keys over long
distances, thanks to a reverse reconciliation scheme efficient at very low
signal-to-noise ratio.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Entropy measures for complex networks: Toward an information theory of complex topologies
The quantification of the complexity of networks is, today, a fundamental
problem in the physics of complex systems. A possible roadmap to solve the
problem is via extending key concepts of information theory to networks. In
this paper we propose how to define the Shannon entropy of a network ensemble
and how it relates to the Gibbs and von Neumann entropies of network ensembles.
The quantities we introduce here will play a crucial role for the formulation
of null models of networks through maximum-entropy arguments and will
contribute to inference problems emerging in the field of complex networks.Comment: (4 pages, 1 figure
Interpreting quantum discord through quantum state merging
We present an operational interpretation of quantum discord based on the
quantum state merging protocol. Quantum discord is the markup in the cost of
quantum communication in the process of quantum state merging, if one discards
relevant prior information. Our interpretation has an intuitive explanation
based on the strong subadditivity of von Neumann entropy. We use our result to
provide operational interpretations of other quantities like the local purity
and quantum deficit. Finally, we discuss in brief some instances where our
interpretation is valid in the single copy scenario.Comment: 5 pages, no figures. See http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.3205 for similar
results. Typos fixed, references and acknowledgements updated. End note adde
Experimental achievement of the entanglement assisted capacity for the depolarizing channel
We experimentally demonstrate the achievement of the entanglement assisted
capacity for classical information transmission over a depolarizing channel.
The implementation is based on the generation and local manipulation of 2-qubit
Bell states, which are finally measured at the receiver by a complete Bell
state analysis. The depolarizing channel is realized by introducing quantum
noise in a controlled way on one of the two qubits. This work demonstrates the
achievement of the maximum allowed amount of information that can be shared in
the presence of noise and the highest reported value in the noiseless case.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Flow Ambiguity: A Path Towards Classically Driven Blind Quantum Computation
Blind quantum computation protocols allow a user to delegate a computation to
a remote quantum computer in such a way that the privacy of their computation
is preserved, even from the device implementing the computation. To date, such
protocols are only known for settings involving at least two quantum devices:
either a user with some quantum capabilities and a remote quantum server or two
or more entangled but noncommunicating servers. In this work, we take the first
step towards the construction of a blind quantum computing protocol with a
completely classical client and single quantum server. Specifically, we show
how a classical client can exploit the ambiguity in the flow of information in
measurement-based quantum computing to construct a protocol for hiding critical
aspects of a computation delegated to a remote quantum computer. This ambiguity
arises due to the fact that, for a fixed graph, there exist multiple choices of
the input and output vertex sets that result in deterministic measurement
patterns consistent with the same fixed total ordering of vertices. This allows
a classical user, computing only measurement angles, to drive a
measurement-based computation performed on a remote device while hiding
critical aspects of the computation.Comment: (v3) 14 pages, 6 figures. expands introduction and definition of
flow, corrects typos to increase readability; contains a new figure to
illustrate example run of CDBQC protocol; minor changes to match the
published version.(v2) 12 pages, 5 figures. Corrects motivation for
quantities used in blindness analysi
Fisher-information condition for enhanced signal detection via stochastic resonance
Various situations where a signal is enhanced by noise through stochastic resonance are now known. This paper contributes to determining general conditions under which improvement by noise can be a priori decided as feasible or not. We focus on the detection of a known signal in additive white noise. Under the assumptions of a weak signal and a sufficiently large sample size, it is proved, with an inequality based on the Fisher information, that improvement by adding noise is never possible, generically, in these conditions. However, under less restrictive conditions, an example of signal detection is shown with favorable action of adding noise.Fabing Duan, François Chapeau-Blondeau, Derek Abbot
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