Coherent control of quantum systems as a resource theory

Control at the interface between the classical and the quantum world is fundamental in quantum physics. In particular, how classical control is enhanced by coherence effects is an important question both from a theoretical as well as from a technological point of view. In this work, we establish a r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Matera, Juan Mauricio, Egloff, Diego, Killoran, Nathan, Plenio, Martin B.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/129293
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/129293
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física
Resource theories
Coherence
Entanglement
Discord
Quantumness
Quantum computation
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Sumario:Control at the interface between the classical and the quantum world is fundamental in quantum physics. In particular, how classical control is enhanced by coherence effects is an important question both from a theoretical as well as from a technological point of view. In this work, we establish a resource theory describing this setting and explore relations to the theory of coherence, entanglement and information processing. Specifically, for the coherent control of quantum systems, the relevant resources of entanglement and coherence are found to be equivalent and closely related to a measure of discord. The results are then applied to the DQC1 protocol and the precision of the final measurement is expressed in terms of the available resources.