Complementarity and duality relations for finite-dimensional systems

We generalize to systems with arbitrary finite dimension a measure of quantum fluctuations (the certainty) previously introduced for two-dimensional systems. Using this measure, we study the duality relations satisfied by complementary observables looking for states with minimum joint fluctuations (...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Luis Aina, Alfredo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/51522
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51522
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:535
Entropic uncertainty relations
Quantized radiation-field
Quantum-phase measurement
Certainty relations
Invariant information
Optical-phase
Observables
States
Localization
Operators
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
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Sumario:We generalize to systems with arbitrary finite dimension a measure of quantum fluctuations (the certainty) previously introduced for two-dimensional systems. Using this measure, we study the duality relations satisfied by complementary observables looking for states with minimum joint fluctuations (maximum certainty states). We extend the duality relations to encompass several complementary observables simultaneously.