Quantum Uncertainty Principles for Measurements with Interventions
arXiv:2305.07914 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.240201
Abstract
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle implies fundamental constraints on what properties of a quantum system can we simultaneously learn. However, it typically assumes that we probe these properties via measurements at a single point in time. In contrast, inferring causal dependencies in complex processes often requires interactive experimentation - multiple rounds of interventions where we adaptively probe the process with different inputs to observe how they affect outputs. Here we demonstrate universal uncertainty principles for general interactive measurements involving arbitrary rounds of interventions. As a case study, we show that they imply an uncertainty trade-off between measurements compatible with different causal dependencies.
arXiv comment7 pages (main text) + 47 pages (supplemental material), 5 figures (main text) + 17 figures (supplemental material). Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters
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