Ideal Projective Measurements Have Infinite Resource Costs

We show that it is impossible to perform ideal projective measurements on quantum systems using finite resources. We identify three fundamental features of ideal projective measurements and show that when limited by finite resources only one of these features can be salvaged. Our framework is genera...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yelena Guryanova, Nicolai Friis, Marcus Huber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Verein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften 2020-01-01
Series:Quantum
Online Access:https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2020-01-13-222/pdf/