Semi-device-independent self-testing of unsharp measurements

Autor: Miklin, Nikolai, Borkała, Jakub J., Pawłowski, Marcin
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. Research 2, 033014 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033014
Popis: Unsharp quantum measurements provide a resource in scenarios where one faces the trade-off between information gain and disturbance. In this work we introduce a prepare-transform-measure scenario in which two-outcome unsharp measurements outperform their sharp counterparts, as well as any stochastic strategy involving dichotomic projective measurements. Based on that, we propose a scheme for semi-device-independent self-testing of unsharp measurements and show that all two-outcome qubit measurements can be characterized in a robust way. Along with the main result, in this work we introduce a method, based on semidefinite programming, for bounding quantum correlations in scenarios with sequential measurements of length two. This method can also be applied to refine security analysis of the semi-device-independent one-way quantum key distribution. We also present new information gain-disturbance relation for pairs of dichotomic measurements.
Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures. Closer to the published version
Databáze: arXiv