Robust self-testing of quantum systems via noncontextuality Inequalities

Characterizing unknown quantum states and measurements is a fundamental problem in quantum information processing. In this Letter, we provide a novel scheme to self-test local quantum systems using noncontextuality inequalities. Our work leverages the graph-theoretic framework for contextuality intr...

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Autores: Bharti, Kishor, Ray, Maharshi, Varvitsiotis, Antonios, Warsi, Naqueeb Ahmad, Cabello Quintero, Adán, Kwek, Leong Chuan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/153125
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/153125
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.250403
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quantum systems
Noncontextuality inequalities
Quantum information processing
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Sumario:Characterizing unknown quantum states and measurements is a fundamental problem in quantum information processing. In this Letter, we provide a novel scheme to self-test local quantum systems using noncontextuality inequalities. Our work leverages the graph-theoretic framework for contextuality introduced by Cabello, Severini, and Winter, combined with tools from mathematical optimization that guarantee the unicity of optimal solutions. As an application, we show that the celebrated Klyachko-Can-Binicioğlu-Shumovsky inequality and its generalization to contextuality scenarios with odd n-cycle compatibility relations admit robust self-testing.