Structural approach to unambiguous discrimination of two mixed quantum states

Details Structural approach to unambiguous discrimination of two mixed quantum states Structural approach to unambiguous discrimination of two mixed quantum states

2008-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/0803.1083v2

J. Math. Phys. 51, 032201 (2010)

Physics

Quantum Physics

33 pages, 3 figures, minor corrections

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3298683

We analyze the optimal unambiguous discrimination of two arbitrary mixed quantum states. We show that the optimal measurement is unique and we present this optimal measurement for the case where the rank of the density operator of one of the states is at most 2 ("solution in 4 dimensions"). The solution is illustrated by some examples. The optimality conditions proved by Eldar et al. [Phys. Rev. A 69, 062318 (2004)] are simplified to an operational form. As an application we present optimality conditions for the measurement, when only one of the two states is detected. The current status of optimal unambiguous state discrimination is summarized via a general strategy.

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