Optimal Detection of Symmetric Mixed Quantum States

DOI10.1109/TIT.2004.828070zbMATH Open1290.94020arXivquant-ph/0211111OpenAlexW2122579520MaRDI QIDQ3546837

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Publication date: 21 December 2008

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Abstract: We develop a sufficient condition for the least-squares measurement (LSM), or the square-root measurement, to minimize the probability of a detection error when distinguishing between a collection of mixed quantum states. Using this condition we derive the optimal measurement for state sets with a broad class of symmetries. We first consider geometrically uniform (GU) state sets with a possibly nonabelian generating group, and show that if the generator satisfies a certain constraint, then the LSM is optimal. In particular, for pure-state GU ensembles the LSM is shown to be optimal. For arbitrary GU state sets we show that the optimal measurement operators are GU with generator that can be computed very efficiently in polynomial time, within any desired accuracy. We then consider compound GU (CGU) state sets which consist of subsets that are GU. When the generators satisfy a certain constraint, the LSM is again optimal. For arbitrary CGU state sets the optimal measurement operators are shown to be CGU with generators that can be computed efficiently in polynomial time.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0211111

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