Information backflow may not indicate quantum memory

Autor: Michał Banacki, Marcin Marciniak, Karol Horodecki, Paweł Horodecki
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Physical Review A. 107
ISSN: 2469-9934
2469-9926
Popis: We analyze recent approaches to quantum Markovianity and how they relate to the proper definition of quantum memory. We point out that the well-known criterion of information backflow may not correctly report character of the memory falsely signaling its quantumness. Therefore, as a complement to the well-known criteria, we propose several concepts of elementary dynamical maps. Maps of this type do not increase distinguishability of states which are indistinguishable by von Neumann measurements in a given basis. Those notions and convexity allows us to define general classes of processes without quantum memory in a weak and strong sense. Finally, we provide a practical characterization of the most intuitive class in terms of the new concept of witness of quantum information backflow.
Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures
Databáze: OpenAIRE