Limitations on post-processing assisted quantum programming

Quantum Information Processing - Tập 16 - Trang 1-15 - 2017
Teiko Heinosaari1, Takayuki Miyadera2, Mikko Tukiainen1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Turku Centre for Quantum Physics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
2Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Tóm tắt

A quantum multimeter is a programmable device that can implement measurements of different observables depending on the programming quantum state inserted into it. The advantage of this arrangement over a single-purpose device is in its versatility: one can realize various measurements simply by changing the programming state. The classical manipulation of measurement output data is known as post-processing. In this work we study the post-processing assisted quantum programming, which is a protocol where quantum programming and classical post-processing are combined. We provide examples showing that these two processes combined can be more efficient than either of them used separately. Furthermore, we derive an inequality relating the programming resources to their corresponding programmed observables, thereby enabling us to study the limitations on post-processing assisted quantum programming.

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