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Universal programmable unambiguous discrimination of two unknown states with two copies

Shou-Ya Wang, Wen-Hai Zhang

AIP Advances· Volume 14· Issue 10

Abstract

We investigate the universal programmable unambiguous discrimination of two unknown quantum states with two copies. We first present the optimal positive-operator valued measure (POVM) elements that determine the individual success probabilities. In terms of the positivity of an inconclusive operator, we derive the average success probability, which is higher than the average success probability of discriminating two unknown states with one copy given in the reference [Bergou and Hillery, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 160501 (2005)].
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Quantum Information and Cryptography · Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum Mechanics and Applications

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Affiliations

School of Electronic Engineering, Huainan Normal University 1 , Huainan 232038,

Institute of Photoelectron Computation and Detection of Huainan Normal University 2 , Huainan 232038,

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of the Education Department of Anhui Province of China · Huainan Science and Technology Plan Projects Technology of China

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