• DOI:10.1007/s11128-021-03394-5
• Corpus ID: 216080553

Creation of quantum coherence with general measurement processes

@article{Mohanty2022CreationOQ,
  title={Creation of quantum coherence with general measurement processes},
  author={Sanuja D. Mohanty and Gautam Sharma and Sk Sazim and Biswajit Pradhan and Arun Kumar Pati},
  journal={Quantum Information Processing},
  year={2022},
  volume={21},
  pages={1-17}
}

• Sanuja D. Mohanty, Gautam Sharma, +2 authors A. Pati
• Published 22 April 2020
• Physics
• Quantum Information Processing

Quantum measurement not only can destroy coherence but also can create it. Here, we estimate the maximum amount of coherence, one can create under a complete non-selective measurement process. For our analysis, we consider projective as well as POVM measurements. Based on our observations, we characterize the measurement processes into two categories, namely, the measurements with the ability to induce coherence and the ones without this ability. Our findings also suggest that the more POVM elements present in a measurement that acts on the quantum system, the less will be its coherence creating ability. We also introduce the notion of raw coherence in the POVMs that helps to create quantum coherence. Finally, we find a trade-off relation between the coherence creation, entanglement generation between system and apparatus, and the mixedness of the system in a general measurement setup.