Measuring the degree of unitarity for any quantum process
arXiv:1404.0450 · doi:10.1140/epjd/e2014-50354-5
Abstract
Quantum processes can be divided into two categories: unitary and non-unitary ones. For a given quantum process, we can define a \textit{degree of the unitarity (DU)} of this process to be the fidelity between it and its closest unitary one. The DU, as an intrinsic property of a given quantum process, is able to quantify the distance between the process and the group of unitary ones, and is closely related to the noise of this quantum process. We derive analytical results of DU for qubit unital channels, and obtain the lower and upper bounds in general. The lower bound is tight for most of quantum processes, and is particularly tight when the corresponding DU is sufficiently large. The upper bound is found to be an indicator for the tightness of the lower bound. Moreover, we study the distribution of DU in random quantum processes with different environments. In particular, The relationship between the DU of any quantum process and the non-markovian behavior of it is also addressed.
arXiv comment7 pages, 2 figures
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