Complete Incompatibility, Support Uncertainty, and Kirkwood-Dirac Nonclassicality

Stephan De Bièvre
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 190404 – Published 5 November 2021
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Abstract

For quantum systems with a finite dimensional Hilbert space of states, we show that the complete incompatibility of two observables—a notion we introduce—is equivalent to the large support uncertainty of all states. The Kirkwood-Dirac (KD) quasiprobability distribution of a state—which depends on the choice of two observables—has emerged in quantum information theory as a tool for assessing nonclassical features of the state that can serve as a resource in quantum protocols. We apply our result to show that, when the two observables are completely incompatible, only states with minimal support uncertainty can be KD classical, all others being KD nonclassical. We illustrate our findings with examples.

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  • Received 18 June 2021
  • Accepted 8 October 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.190404

© 2021 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Quantum Information, Science & TechnologyGeneral Physics

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Stephan De Bièvre*

  • Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inria, UMR 8524 - Laboratoire Paul Painlevé, F-59000 Lille, France

  • *stephan.de-bievre@univ-lille.fr

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Vol. 127, Iss. 19 — 5 November 2021

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