``Counterfactual quantum protocols

DOI10.1142/S0219749916400128MaRDI QIDQ2830261zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lev Vaidman

Publication date 9 November 2016

Published in International Journal of Quantum Information (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.02181

zbMATH Keywords

interaction-free measurementquantum communicationquantum measurementcounterfactual communication

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45)

Abstract: The counterfactuality of recently proposed protocols is analyzed. A definition of `counterfactuality' is offered and it is argued that an interaction-free measurement of the presence of an opaque object can be named `counterfactual', while proposed "counterfactual" measurements of the absence of such objects are not counterfactual. The quantum key distribution protocols which rely only on measurements of the presence of the object are counterfactual, but quantum direct communication protocols are not. Therefore, the name `counterfactual' is not appropriate for recent "counterfactual" protocols which transfer quantum states by quantum direct communication.

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