Operationally Invariant Information in Quantum Measurements

Časlav Brukner and Anton Zeilinger
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3354 – Published 25 October 1999
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Abstract

A new measure of information in quantum mechanics is proposed which takes into account that for quantum systems the only features known before an experiment is performed are the probabilities for various events to occur. The sum of the individual measures of information for mutually complementary observations is invariant under the choice of the particular set of complementary observations and conserved if there is no information exchange with an environment. That operational quantum information invariant results in k bits of information for a system consisting of k qubits.

  • Received 24 March 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3354

©1999 American Physical Society

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Časlav Brukner and Anton Zeilinger

  • Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Wien, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Wien, Austria

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Vol. 83, Iss. 17 — 25 October 1999

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