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.
- Received 6 May 2019
- Revised 6 August 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.140405
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