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Postselected communication over quantum channels

    https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219749924400124Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)
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    The single-letter characterization of the entanglement-assisted capacity of a quantum channel is one of the seminal results of quantum information theory. In this paper, we consider a modified communication scenario in which the receiver is allowed an additional, “inconclusive” measurement outcome, and we employ an error metric given by the error probability in decoding the transmitted message conditioned on a conclusive measurement result. We call this setting postselected communication and the ensuing highest achievable rates the postselected capacities. Here, we provide a precise single-letter characterization of postselected capacities in the setting of entanglement assistance as well as the more general nonsignaling assistance, establishing that they are both equal to the channel’s projective mutual information — a variant of mutual information based on the Hilbert projective metric. We do so by establishing bounds on the one-shot postselected capacities, with a lower bound that makes use of a postselected teleportation-based protocol and an upper bound in terms of the postselected hypothesis testing relative entropy. As such, we obtain fundamental limits on a channel’s ability to communicate even when this strong resource of postselection is allowed, implying limitations on communication even when the receiver has access to postselected closed timelike curves.

    Dedicated to Alexander S. Holevo on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Professor Holevo’s numerous seminal contributions, going back to Ref. 3, have served as an inspiration for generations of quantum information scientists.

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