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Discriminating an Arbitrary Number of Pure Quantum States by the Combined $\mathcal{CPT}$ and Hermitian Measurements

Authors :
Balytskyi, Yaroslav
Chang, Sang-Yoon
Pinchuk, Anatoliy
Raavi, Manohar
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

If the system is known to be in one of two non-orthogonal quantum states, $|\psi_1\rangle$ or $|\psi_2\rangle$, $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric quantum mechanics can discriminate them, \textit{in principle}, by a single measurement. We extend this approach by combining $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric and Hermitian measurements and show that it's possible to distinguish an arbitrary number of pure quantum states by an appropriate choice of the parameters of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Hamiltonian.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2008.06503
Document Type :
Working Paper