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The fidelity between two quantum states and , expressed as density matrices, is commonly defined as: [1] [2] (,) = ().The square roots in this expression are well-defined because both and are positive semidefinite matrices, and the square root of a positive semidefinite matrix is defined via the spectral theorem.
The quantum Fisher information is the largest function that is convex and that equals four times the variance for pure states. That is, it equals four times the convex roof of the variance [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
Quantity (common name/s) (Common) symbol/s Defining equation SI unit Dimension Wavefunction: ψ, Ψ : To solve from the Schrödinger equation: varies with situation and number of particles
In quantum mechanics, and especially quantum information and the study of open quantum systems, the trace distance is a metric on the space of density matrices and gives a measure of the distinguishability between two states. It is the quantum generalization of the Kolmogorov distance for classical probability distributions.
A subsystem in an entangled composite system generally cannot be described by a state vector (or a ray), but instead is described by a density operator; Such quantum state is known as a mixed state. The density operator of a mixed state is a trace class , nonnegative ( positive semi-definite ) self-adjoint operator ρ normalized to be of trace 1.
In mathematics, in the area of quantum information geometry, the Bures metric (named after Donald Bures) [1] or Helstrom metric (named after Carl W. Helstrom) [2] defines an infinitesimal distance between density matrix operators defining quantum states. It is a quantum generalization of the Fisher information metric, and is identical to the ...
Quantum state tomography is a process by which, given a set of data representing the results of quantum measurements, a quantum state consistent with those measurement results is computed. [50] It is named by analogy with tomography , the reconstruction of three-dimensional images from slices taken through them, as in a CT scan .
Quantum states are either pure or mixed; pure states are also known as wavefunctions. Assigning a pure state to a quantum system implies certainty about the outcome of some measurement on that system, i.e., that there exists a measurement for which one of the possible outcomes will occur with probability 1. In the absence of outside forces or ...