scholarly journals Effectively classical quantum states for open systems

2000 ◽  
Vol 273 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ph. Blanchard ◽  
R. Olkiewicz
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 339-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Chruściński ◽  
Andrzej Kossakowski ◽  
Giuseppe Marmo ◽  
E. C. G. Sudarshan

We analyze the dynamics of coupled classical and quantum systems. The main idea is to treat both systems as true quantum ones and impose a family of superselection rules which imply that the corresponding algebra of observables of one subsystem is commutative and hence may be treated as a classical one. Equivalently, one may impose a special symmetry which restricts the algebra of observables to the 'classical' subalgebra. The characteristic feature of classical-quantum dynamics is that it leaves invariant a subspace of classical-quantum states, that is, it does not create quantum correlations as measured by the quantum discord.


2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ph. Blanchard ◽  
L. Jakóbczyk ◽  
R. Olkiewicz

2011 ◽  
Vol 09 (07n08) ◽  
pp. 1643-1651 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. BOIXO ◽  
L. AOLITA ◽  
D. CAVALCANTI ◽  
K. MODI ◽  
A. WINTER

A locking protocol between two parties is as follows: Alice gives an encrypted classical message to Bob which she does not want Bob to be able to read until she gives him the key. If Alice is using classical resources, and she wants to approach unconditional security, then the key and the message must have comparable sizes. But if Alice prepares a quantum state, the size of the key can be comparatively negligible. This effect is called quantum locking. Entanglement does not play a role in this quantum advantage. We show that, in this scenario, the quantum discord quantifies the advantage of the quantum protocol over the corresponding classical one for any classical-quantum state.


2011 ◽  
Vol 09 (07n08) ◽  
pp. 1701-1713 ◽  
Author(s):  
SEVAG GHARIBIAN ◽  
MARCO PIANI ◽  
GERARDO ADESSO ◽  
JOHN CALSAMIGLIA ◽  
PAWEŁ HORODECKI

In [Piani et al., PRL106 (2011) 220403], an activation protocol was introduced which maps the general non-classical (multipartite) correlations between given systems into bipartite entanglement between the systems and local ancillae by means of a potentially highly entangling interaction. Here, we study how this activation protocol can be used to entangle the starting systems themselves via entanglement swapping through a measurement on the ancillae. Furthermore, we bound the relative entropy of quantumness (a naturally arising measure of non-classicality in the scheme of Piani et al. above) for a special class of separable states, the so-called classical–quantum states. In particular, we fully characterize the classical–quantum two-qubit states that are maximally non-classical.


Quantum ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Coladangelo ◽  
Or Sattath

We put forward the idea that classical blockchains and smart contracts are potentially useful primitives not only for classical cryptography, but for quantum cryptography as well. Abstractly, a smart contract is a functionality that allows parties to deposit funds, and release them upon fulfillment of algorithmically checkable conditions, and can thus be employed as a formal tool to enforce monetary incentives. In this work, we give the first example of the use of smart contracts in a quantum setting. We describe a simple hybrid classical-quantum payment system whose main ingredients are a classical blockchain capable of handling stateful smart contracts, and quantum lightning, a strengthening of public-key quantum money introduced by Zhandry [55]. Our hybrid payment system employs quantum states as banknotes and a classical blockchain to settle disputes and to keep track of the valid serial numbers. It has several desirable properties: it is decentralized, requiring no trust in any single entity; payments are as quick as quantum communication, regardless of the total number of users; when a quantum banknote is damaged or lost, the rightful owner can recover the lost value.


2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Kuś ◽  
Ingemar Bengtsson

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 549
Author(s):  
Olga V. Man’ko ◽  
Vladimir I. Man’ko

The review of new formulation of conventional quantum mechanics where the quantum states are identified with probability distributions is presented. The invertible map of density operators and wave functions onto the probability distributions describing the quantum states in quantum mechanics is constructed both for systems with continuous variables and systems with discrete variables by using the Born’s rule and recently suggested method of dequantizer–quantizer operators. Examples of discussed probability representations of qubits (spin-1/2, two-level atoms), harmonic oscillator and free particle are studied in detail. Schrödinger and von Neumann equations, as well as equations for the evolution of open systems, are written in the form of linear classical–like equations for the probability distributions determining the quantum system states. Relations to phase–space representation of quantum states (Wigner functions) with quantum tomography and classical mechanics are elucidated.


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