Discrimination of three symmetric states
The quantum state discrimination problem is ubiquitous in quantum information and serves as the foundation for many quantum communication schemes proposed so far. This paper investigates the optimal discrimination of three symmetric quantum states with equal prior probabilities. To obtain completely...
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description | The quantum state discrimination problem is ubiquitous in quantum information and serves as the foundation for many quantum communication schemes proposed so far. This paper investigates the optimal discrimination of three symmetric quantum states with equal prior probabilities. To obtain completely accessible information about the input pure states, this strategy makes improvements to the two standard strategies of quantum state discrimination, namely the minimum error discrimination and unambiguous discrimination. The new discrimination strategy proposed in this paper can be applied to both linearly independent and dependent quantum states. |
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spelling | doaj-art-a16a65ff292c474085332f86231d17862025-02-03T16:40:43ZengAIP Publishing LLCAIP Advances2158-32262025-01-01151015307015307-410.1063/5.0251021Discrimination of three symmetric statesLan-lan Li0Wen-hai Zhang1Ke Zhang2Cheng-yu Fan3Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaSchool of Electronic Engineering, Huainan Normal University, Huainan 232038, ChinaSchool of Electronic Engineering, Huainan Normal University, Huainan 232038, ChinaAnhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaThe quantum state discrimination problem is ubiquitous in quantum information and serves as the foundation for many quantum communication schemes proposed so far. This paper investigates the optimal discrimination of three symmetric quantum states with equal prior probabilities. To obtain completely accessible information about the input pure states, this strategy makes improvements to the two standard strategies of quantum state discrimination, namely the minimum error discrimination and unambiguous discrimination. The new discrimination strategy proposed in this paper can be applied to both linearly independent and dependent quantum states.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0251021 |
spellingShingle | Lan-lan Li Wen-hai Zhang Ke Zhang Cheng-yu Fan Discrimination of three symmetric states AIP Advances |
title | Discrimination of three symmetric states |
title_full | Discrimination of three symmetric states |
title_fullStr | Discrimination of three symmetric states |
title_full_unstemmed | Discrimination of three symmetric states |
title_short | Discrimination of three symmetric states |
title_sort | discrimination of three symmetric states |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0251021 |
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