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View SchemaQuantifying nonorthogonality
| Authors | Oliver Cohen |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9907110 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9907110 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.4349 |
Abstract
An exploratory approach to the possibility of analyzing nonorthogonality as a quantifiable property is presented. Three different measures for the nonorthogonality of pure states are introduced, and one of these measures is extended to single-particle density matrices using methods that are similar to recently introduced techniques for quantifying entanglement. Several interesting special cases are considered. It is pointed out that a measure of nonorthogonality can meaningfully be associated with a single mixed quantum state. It is then shown how nonorthogonality can be unlocked with classical information; this analysis reveals interesting inequalities and points to a number of connections between nonorthogonality and entanglement.
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