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Title: Asymptotic state discrimination and a strict hierarchy in distinguishability norms

Journal Article · · Journal of Mathematical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902027· OSTI ID:22403053
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901 (United States)
  2. Centre for Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems (QCIS), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), University of Technology Sydney - UTS, NSW 2007 (Australia)

In this paper, we consider the problem of discriminating quantum states by local operations and classical communication (LOCC) when an arbitrarily small amount of error is permitted. This paradigm is known as asymptotic state discrimination, and we derive necessary conditions for when two multipartite states of any size can be discriminated perfectly by asymptotic LOCC. We use this new criterion to prove a gap in the LOCC and separable distinguishability norms. We then turn to the operational advantage of using two-way classical communication over one-way communication in LOCC processing. With a simple two-qubit product state ensemble, we demonstrate a strict majorization of the two-way LOCC norm over the one-way norm.

OSTI ID:
22403053
Journal Information:
Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 55, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English