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arXiv:1208.2162 · Physical Review A

Quantum-correlation breaking channels, broadcasting scenarios, and finite Markov chains

Jarosław K. Korbicz, Paweł Horodecki, Ryszard Horodecki

Published Oct 15, 2012• 26 citations
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Abstract

One of the classical results concerning quantum channels is the characterization of entanglement-breaking channels [M. Horodecki, P. W. Shor, and M. B. Ruskai, Rev. Math. Phys. 15, 629 (2003)]. We address the question whether there exists a similar characterization on the level of quantum correlations which may go beyond entanglement. The answer is fully affirmative in the case of breaking quantum correlations down to the, so-called, QC (quantum-classical) type, while it is no longer true in the CC (classical-classical) case. The corresponding channels turn out to be measurement maps. Our study also reveals an unexpected link between quantum state and local correlation broadcasting and finite Markov chains. We present a possibility of broadcasting via non von Neumann measurements, which relies on the Perron-Frobenius theorem. Surprisingly, this is not the typical generalized controlled-not (c-not) gate scenario appearing naturally in this context.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.86.042319

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We continue the analysis of nontrivial examples of quantum Markov processes. This is done by applying the construction of entangled Markov chains obtained from classical Markov chains with infinite state–space. The formula giving the joint correlations arises from the corresponding classical formula by replacing the usual matrix multiplication by the Schur multiplication. In this way, we provide nontrivial examples of entangled Markov chains on , F being any infinite dimensional type I factor, J a finite interval of , and the bar the von Neumann tensor product between von Neumann algebras. We then have new nontrivial examples of quantum random walks which could play a rôle in quantum information theory. In view of applications to quantum statistical mechanics too, we see that the ergodic type of an entangled Markov chain is completely determined by the corresponding ergodic type of the underlying classical chain, provided that the latter admits an invariant probability distribution. This result parallels the corresponding one relative to the finite dimensional case. Finally, starting from random walks on discrete ICC groups, we exhibit examples of quantum Markov processes based on type II 1 von Neumann factors.
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