In the paper, we give a characterization of arbitrary
n-mode Gaussian coherence breaking channels (GCBCs) and show the tensor product of a GCBC and arbitrary a Gaussian channel maps all input states into product states. The inclusion relation among GCBCs, Gaussian positive partial transpose channels (GPPTC), entanglement breaking channels (GEBC) and Gaussian classical-quantum channels (GCQC) is displayed. Finally, we prove that Gaussian classical (
χ-) capacity for the tensor products of GCBCs and arbitrary Gaussian channels is additive.
We characterise Gaussian quantum channels that are Gaussian incompatibility breaking, that is, transform every set of Gaussian measurements into a set obtainable from a joint Gaussian observable via Gaussian postprocessing. Such channels represent local noise which renders measurements useless for Gaussian EPR-steering, providing the appropriate generalisation of entanglement breaking channels for this scenario. Understanding the structure of Gaussian incompatibility breaking channels contributes to the resource theory of noisy continuous variable quantum information protocols.
We present an uncertainty-relation-type quantum benchmark for continuous-variable (CV) quantum channels that works with an input ensemble of Gaussian-distributed coherent states and homodyne measurements. It determines an optimal trade-off relation between canonical quadrature noises that is unbeatable by entanglement breaking channels and refines the notion of two quantum duties introduced in the original papers of CV quantum teleportation. This benchmark can verify the quantum-domain performance for all one-mode Gaussian channels. We also address the case of stochastic channels and the effect of asymmetric gains.