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The Monge distance between quantum states

Published Jan 1, 1998• 0 citations
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Abstract. We define a metric in the space of quantum states taking the Monge distance between corresponding Husimi distributions (Q-functions). This quantity fulfils the axioms of a metric and satisfies the following semiclassical property: the distance between two coherent states is equal to the Euclidean distance between corresponding points in the classical phase space. We compute analytically distances between certain states (coherent, squeezed, Fock and thermal) and discuss a scheme for numerical computation of Monge distance for two arbitrary quantum states. 1.

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Topological and geometrical properties of the set of mixed quantum states in the N -dimensional Hilbert space are analysed. Assuming that the corresponding classical dynamics takes place on the sphere we use the vector SU (2) coherent states and the generalized Husimi distributions to define the Monge distance between two arbitrary density matrices. The Monge metric has a simple semiclassical interpretation and induces a non-trivial geometry. Among all pure states the distance from the maximally mixed state ρ * , proportional to the identity matrix, admits the largest value for the coherent states, while the delocalized `chaotic' states are close to ρ * . This contrasts the geometry induced by the standard (trace, Hilbert-Schmidt or Bures) metrics, for which the distance from ρ * is the same for all pure states. We discuss possible physical consequences including unitary time evolution and the process of decoherence. We introduce also a simplified Monge metric, defined in the space of pure quantum states and more suitable for numerical computation.
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Quantum coherence and nonclassical correlation are key features of a quantum world. Quantifying coherence and nonclassical correlation are two key tasks in quantum information theory. First, we present a bona fide measure of quantum coherence by utilizing the Hellinger distance. This coherence measure is proven to fulfill all the criteria of a well-defined coherence measure, including the strong monotonicity in the resource theories of quantum coherence. In terms of this coherence measure, the distribution of quantum coherence in multipartite systems is studied and a corresponding polygamy relation is proposed. Its operational meanings and the relations between the generation of quantum correlations and the coherence are also investigated. Moreover, we present the Hellinger distance-based measure of nonclassical correlation, which not only inherits the nice properties of the Hellinger distance including contractivity, but also shows a powerful analytic computability for a large class of quantum states. We show that there is an explicit tradeoff relation satisfied by the quantum coherence and this nonclassical correlation.
We present a classical analog of the quantum metric tensor, which is defined for classical integrable systems that undergo an adiabatic evolution governed by slowly varying parameters. This classical metric measures the distance, on the parameter space, between two infinitesimally different points in phase space, whereas the quantum metric tensor measures the distance between two infinitesimally different quantum states. We discuss the properties of this metric and calculate its components, exactly in the cases of the generalized harmonic oscillator, the generalized harmonic oscillator with a linear term, and perturbatively for the quartic anharmonic oscillator. Finally, we propose alternative expressions for the quantum metric tensor and Berry's connection in terms of quantum operators.
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