Extreme bosonic linear channels

DOI10.1007/S11232-013-0026-0zbMATH Open1287.81034arXiv1111.3552OpenAlexW2062160702MaRDI QIDQ394055FDOQ394055

Authors: Alexander S. Holevo 

Publication date: 24 January 2014

Published in: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The set of all channels with fixed input and output is convex. We first give a convenient formulation of necessary and sufficient condition for a channel to be extreme point of this set in terms of complementary channel, a notion of big importance in quantum information theory. This formulation is based on the general approach to extremality of completely positive maps in an operator algebra due to Arveson. We then apply this formulation to prove the main result of this note: under certain nondegeneracy conditions, purity of the environment is necessary and sufficient for extremality of Bosonic linear (quasi-free) channel. It follows that Gaussian channel between finite-mode Bosonic systems is extreme if and only if it has minimal noise.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.3552

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum information theoryGaussian channelbosonic linear channelextremal channelminimum noise

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Information theory (general) (94A15) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Channel models (including quantum) in information and communication theory (94A40)

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