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arXiv:1810.02795 · Physical Review A

Coherence and quantum correlations measure sensitivity to dephasing channels

Benjamin Yadin, Pieter Bogaert, Cristian E. Susa, Davide Girolami

Published Jan 17, 2019• 15 citations
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Abstract

We introduce measures of quantum coherence as the speed of evolution of a system under decoherence. That is, coherence is the ability to estimate a dephasing channel, quantified by the quantum Fisher information. We extend the analysis to interferometric noise estimation, proving that quantum discord is the minimum sensitivity to local dephasing. A physically motivated set of free operations for discord is proposed. The amount of discord created by strictly incoherent operations is upper bounded by the initial coherence.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.99.012329

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Multipartite quantum systems show properties which do not admit a classical explanation. In particular, even nonentangled states can enjoy a kind of quantum correlations called quantum discord. I discuss some recent results on the role of quantum discord in metrology. Given an interferometric phase estimation protocol where the Hamiltonian is initially unknown to the experimentalist, the quantum discord of the probe state quantifies the minimum precision of the estimation. This provides a physical interpretation to a widely investigated information-theoretic quantity.
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