Modeling Quantum Devices and the Reconstruction of Physics in Practical Systems

Hang Ren and Ying Li
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 140405 – Published 3 October 2019
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Abstract

Modeling quantum devices is to find a model according to quantum theory that can explain the result of experiments in a quantum device. We find that usually we cannot correctly identify the model describing the actual physics of the device, regardless of the experimental effort, given a limited set of operations. According to sufficient conditions that we find, correctly reconstructing the model requires either a particular set of pure states and projective measurements or a set of evolution operators that can generate all unitary operators.

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  • Received 6 May 2019
  • Revised 6 August 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.140405

© 2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Quantum Information, Science & TechnologyGeneral Physics

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Hang Ren1 and Ying Li2,*

  • 1School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 2Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193, China

  • *yli@gscaep.ac.cn

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Vol. 123, Iss. 14 — 4 October 2019

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