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Maximal Lelm Distinguishability Of Qubit And Qutrit Bell States Using Projective And Non-Projective Measurements, Nathaniel Leslie
Maximal Lelm Distinguishability Of Qubit And Qutrit Bell States Using Projective And Non-Projective Measurements, Nathaniel Leslie
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Many quantum information tasks require measurements to distinguish between different quantum-mechanically entangled states (Bell states) of a particle pair. In practice, measurements are often limited to linear evolution and local measurement (LELM) of the particles. We investigate LELM distinguishability of the Bell states of two qubits (two-state particles) and qutrits (three-state particles), via standard projective measurement and via generalized measurement, which allows detection channels beyond the number of orthogonal single-particle states. Projective LELM can only distinguish 3 of 4 qubit Bell states; we show that generalized measurement does no better. We show that projective LELM can distinguish only 3 of …