2015/11/30 by Mario Berta, Stephanie Wehner, Mark M. Wilde · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Entropic uncertainty #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #Quantum state #Statistical physics #Theoretical physics #Uncertainty principle #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/073004
published as New Journal of Physics, vol. 18, no. 7, page 073004, July 2016 · v2: 14 pages, 3 figures; includes experimental results from IBM Quantum Experience
arxiv created 2016/05/31 · openalex publication_date 2016/07/06 · arxiv updated 2016/07/07 · openalex created_date 2020/11/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
The entropic uncertainty relation with quantum side information (EUR-QSI) from (Berta et al 2010 Nat. Phys. 6 659 ) is a unifying principle relating two distinctive features of quantum mechanics: quantum uncertainty due to measurement incompatibility, and entanglement. In these relations, quantum uncertainty takes the form of preparation uncertainty where one of two incompatible measurements is applied. In particular, the 'uncertainty witness' lower bound in the EUR-QSI is not a function of a post-measurement state. An insightful proof of the EUR-QSI from (Coles et al 2012 Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 210405 ) makes use of a fundamental mathematical consequence of the postulates of quantum mechanics known as the non-increase of quantum relative entropy under quantum channels. Here, we exploit this perspective to establish a tightening of the EUR-QSI which adds a new state-dependent term in the lower bound, related to how well one can reverse the action of a quantum measurement. As such, this new term is a direct function of the post-measurement state and can be thought of as quantifying how much disturbance a given measurement causes. Our result thus quantitatively unifies this feature of quantum mechanics with the others mentioned above. We have experimentally tested our theoretical predictions on the IBM quantum experience and find reasonable agreement between our predictions and experimental outcomes.