Non-projective Bell state measurements
arXiv:2405.03872 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.110.042206
Abstract
The Bell state measurement (BSM) is the projection of two qubits onto four orthogonal maximally entangled states. Here, we first propose how to appropriately define more general BSMs, that have more than four possible outcomes, and then study whether they exist in quantum theory. We observe that non-projective BSMs can be defined in a systematic way in terms of equiangular tight frames of maximally entangled states, i.e.~a set of maximally entangled states, where every pair is equally, and in a sense maximally, distinguishable. We show that there exists a five-outcome BSM through an explicit construction, and find that it admits a simple geometric representation. Then, we prove that there exists no larger BSM on two qubits by showing that no six-outcome BSM is possible. We also determine the most distinguishable set of six equiangular maximally entangled states and show that it falls only somewhat short of forming a valid quantum measurement. Finally, we study the non-projective BSM in the contexts of both local state discrimination and entanglement-assisted quantum communication. Our results put forward natural forms of non-projective joint measurements and provide insight on the geometry of entangled quantum states.
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