Entropic uncertainty relations for multiple measurements

Shang Liu, Liang-Zhu Mu, and Heng Fan
Phys. Rev. A 91, 042133 – Published 30 April 2015

Abstract

We present the entropic uncertainty relations for multiple measurement settings which demonstrate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. Those uncertainty relations are obtained for both cases with and without the presence of quantum memory, and can be proven by a unified method. Our results recover some well known entropic uncertainty relations for two observables, which show the uncertainties about the outcomes of two incompatible measurements. The bounds of those relations which quantify the extent of the uncertainty take concise forms and are easy to calculate. Those uncertainty relations might play important roles in the foundations of quantum theory. Potential experimental demonstration of those entropic uncertainty relations is discussed.

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  • Received 23 November 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.042133

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Shang Liu1, Liang-Zhu Mu1, and Heng Fan2,3,*

  • 1School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100190, China

  • *hfan@iphy.ac.cn

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Vol. 91, Iss. 4 — April 2015

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