Operational Characterization of Divisibility of Dynamical Maps

Joonwoo Bae and Dariusz Chruściński
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 050403 – Published 27 July 2016
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Abstract

In this work, we show the operational characterization to the divisibility of dynamical maps in terms of the distinguishability of quantum channels. It is proven that the distinguishability of any pair of quantum channels does not increase under divisible maps, in which the full hierarchy of divisibility is isomorphic to the structure of entanglement between system and environment. This shows that (i) channel distinguishability is the operational quantity signifying (detecting) divisibility (indivisibility) of dynamical maps and (ii) the decision problem for the divisibility of maps is as hard as the separability problem in entanglement theory. We also provide the information-theoretic characterization to the divisibility of maps with conditional min-entropy.

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  • Received 29 February 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.050403

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General PhysicsQuantum Information, Science & Technology

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Joonwoo Bae1,2 and Dariusz Chruściński3

  • 1Department of Applied Mathematics, Hanyang University (ERICA), 55 Hanyangdaehak-ro, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do 426-791, Korea
  • 2Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Albertstrasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
  • 3Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland

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Vol. 117, Iss. 5 — 29 July 2016

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