Postponing the choice: advantage of deferred measurements in quantum information processing
arXiv:2502.19871 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/adf87c
Abstract
Simultaneously implementing two arbitrary quantum measurements on the same system is impossible. The consequence of this limitation is that selecting one measurement actively excludes other possibilities. Two incompatible choices can then be forced together only at the cost of adding enough noise to the measurements. An intriguing alternative is to postpone the choice, or part of it, until a later stage. We explore the advantages of this deferred decision-making and discover that the benefits critically depends on the assumptions about the forthcoming choice. In certain scenarios postponing the choice introduces no additional cost, while in others partial postponement can be effectively the same as full postponement.
arXiv comment39 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, and appendix
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