Optimal quantum detectors for unambiguous detection of mixed states

Details Optimal quantum detectors for unambiguous detection of mixed states Optimal quantum detectors for unambiguous detection of mixed states

2003-12-07

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0312061v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

Submitted to Phys. Rev. A

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.69.062318

We consider the problem of designing an optimal quantum detector that distinguishes unambiguously between a collection of mixed quantum states. Using arguments of duality in vector space optimization, we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for an optimal measurement that maximizes the probability of correct detection. We show that the previous optimal measurements that were derived for certain special cases satisfy these optimality conditions. We then consider state sets with strong symmetry properties, and show that the optimal measurement operators for distinguishing between these states share the same symmetries, and can be computed very efficiently by solving a reduced size semidefinite program.

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