TY - JOUR
T1 - Maximum observable correlation for a bipartite quantum system
AU - Hall, Michael J.W.
AU - Andersson, Erika
AU - Brougham, Thomas
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The maximum observable correlation between the two components of a bipartite quantum system is a property of the joint density operator, and is achieved by making particular measurements on the respective components. For pure states it corresponds to making measurements diagonal in a corresponding Schmidt basis. More generally, it is shown that the maximum correlation may be characterized in terms of a correlation basis for the joint density operator, which defines the corresponding (nondegenerate) optimal measurements. The maximum coincidence rate for spin measurements on two-qubit systems is determined to be (1+s)2, where s is the spectral norm of the spin correlation matrix, and upper bounds are obtained for n -valued measurements on general bipartite systems. It is shown that the maximum coincidence rate is never greater than the computable cross norm measure of entanglement, and a much tighter upper bound is conjectured. Connections with optimal state discrimination and entanglement bounds are briefly discussed.
AB - The maximum observable correlation between the two components of a bipartite quantum system is a property of the joint density operator, and is achieved by making particular measurements on the respective components. For pure states it corresponds to making measurements diagonal in a corresponding Schmidt basis. More generally, it is shown that the maximum correlation may be characterized in terms of a correlation basis for the joint density operator, which defines the corresponding (nondegenerate) optimal measurements. The maximum coincidence rate for spin measurements on two-qubit systems is determined to be (1+s)2, where s is the spectral norm of the spin correlation matrix, and upper bounds are obtained for n -valued measurements on general bipartite systems. It is shown that the maximum coincidence rate is never greater than the computable cross norm measure of entanglement, and a much tighter upper bound is conjectured. Connections with optimal state discrimination and entanglement bounds are briefly discussed.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.062308
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.062308
M3 - Article
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 74
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 6
M1 - 062308
ER -