Quantum Speed Limit for Physical Processes
Abstract
The evaluation of the minimal evolution time between two distinguishable states of a system is important for assessing the maximal speed of quantum computers and communication channels. Lower bounds for this minimal time have been proposed for unitary dynamics. Here we show that it is possible to extend this concept to nonunitary processes, using an attainable lower bound that is connected to the quantum Fisher information for time estimation. This result is used to delimit the minimal evolution time for typical noisy channels.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- February 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.050402
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1209.0362
- Bibcode:
- 2013PhRvL.110e0402T
- Keywords:
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- 03.65.Yz;
- 03.67.-a;
- Decoherence;
- open systems;
- quantum statistical methods;
- Quantum information;
- Quantum Physics
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