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View SchemaFinding a state in a haystack
| Authors | Niko Donath, Karl Svozil |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0105046 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0105046 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.044302 |
| Journal | Physical Review A 66, 044302 (2002) |
Abstract
We consider the problem to single out a particular state among $2^n$ orthogonal pure states. As it turns out, in general the optimal strategy is not to measure the particles separately, but to consider joint properties of the $n$-particle system. The required number of propositions is $n$. There exist $2^n!$ equivalent operational procedures to do so. We enumerate some configurations for three particles, in particular the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ)- and W-states, which are specific cases of a unitary transformation For the GHZ-case, an explicit physical meaning of the projection operators is discussed.
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