• DocumentCode
    2300816
  • Title

    A lower bound on the probability of error in quantum state discrimination

  • Author

    Montanaro, Ashley

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Bristol Univ., Bristol
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    5-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    378
  • Lastpage
    380
  • Abstract
    We give a lower bound on the probability of error in quantum state discrimination. The bound is a weighted sum of the pairwise fidelities of the states to be distinguished.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; quantum theory; error probability; pairwise fidelities; quantum state discrimination; Closed-form solution; Computer errors; Computer science; Cryptography; Error probability; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics; Security; Stress; Upper bound;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory Workshop, 2008. ITW '08. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Porto
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2269-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2271-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITW.2008.4578690
  • Filename
    4578690