Intrinsic randomness under general quantum measurements

Autor: Hao Dai, Boyang Chen, Xingjian Zhang, Xiongfeng Ma
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Physical Review Research, Vol 5, Iss 3, p 033081 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033081
Popis: Quantum measurements can produce unpredictable randomness arising from the uncertainty principle. When measuring a state with von Neumann measurements, the intrinsic randomness can be quantified by the quantum coherence of the state on the measurement basis. Unlike projection measurements, there are additional and possibly hidden degrees of freedom in an apparatus for generic measurements. We propose an adversary scenario to characterize the intrinsic randomness of general measurements with arbitrary input states. Interestingly, we discover that certain measurements, including symmetric and information-complete ones, generate nonzero randomness for all states, which suggests a new approach for designing source-independent random number generators without state characterization. Furthermore, our results reveal that intrinsic randomness can quantify coherence under general measurements, which generalizes the result in the standard resource theory of state coherence.
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