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Physica Scripta

Weak measurement as a tool for characterizing coherence and quantum correlations in bipartite systems

Indrajith V.S., R. Muthuganesan, R. Sankaranarayanan

Published Sep 29, 2023• 1 citation
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Abstract In this article, we study quantum coherence of bipartite state from the perspective of weak measurement, which generalizes the notion of coherence relative to measurement. This is being illustrated by computing coherence for the well-known Bell diagonal and Werner states. Further, we have expanded the notion of coherence to encompass correlations, exploring its connections with other quantifications of nonlocality. We have determined that this coherence measure can be perceived as a generalized version of the Wigner-Yanese skew information measure and several other nonlocal measures. As a natural extension, we introduce uncertainty relations within the context of weak measurements. Additionally, we propose a novel form of variance by considering the weak value of an observable within a comprehensive framework.

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10.1088/1402-4896/acfeb2

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