Conditional states and entropy in qudit-qubit systems

We examine, in correlated mixed states of qudit-qubit systems, the set of all conditional qubit states that can be reached after local measurements at the qudit based on rank-1 projectors. While for a similar measurement at the qubit the conditional post-measurement qudit states lie on the surface o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Bilkis, Matías, Canosa, Norma Beatriz, Rossignoli, Raúl Dante, Gigena, Nicolás Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/130314
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/130314
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:QUANTUM CORRELATIONS
QUANTUM DISCORD
QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
QUANTUM INFORMATION
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
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Sumario:We examine, in correlated mixed states of qudit-qubit systems, the set of all conditional qubit states that can be reached after local measurements at the qudit based on rank-1 projectors. While for a similar measurement at the qubit the conditional post-measurement qudit states lie on the surface of an ellipsoid, for a measurement at the qudit we show that the set of post-measurement qubit states can form more complex solid regions. In particular, we show the emergence, for some classes of mixed states, of sets which are the convex hull of solid ellipsoids and which may lead to cone-like and triangle-like shapes in limit cases. We also analyze the associated measurement-dependent conditional entropy, providing a full analytic determination of its minimum and of the minimizing local measurement at the qudit for the previous states. Separable rank-2 mixtures are also discussed.