arXiv:1505.07387

Coherence convertibility for mixed states

Xiaofei Qi, Zhaofang Bai, Shuanping Du

Published May 27, 2015• 7 citations

Abstract

In this paper, by providing a class of coherence measures in finite dimensional systems, a sufficient and necessary condition for the existence of coherence transformations that convert one probability distribution of any pure states into another one is obtained.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1505.07387

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