Maximally incompatible quantum observables
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Physics Letters A |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2014.04.026 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2014.04.026 |
| Field | Theoretical physics |
| Keywords | quantum incompatibility - quantum cloning - quantum measurements |
| Description | The existence of maximally incompatible quantum observables in the sense of a minimal joint measurability region is investigated. Employing the universal quantum cloning device it is argued that only infinite dimensional quantum systems can accommodate maximal incompatibility. It is then shown that two of the most common pairs of complementary observables (position and momentum; number and phase) are maximally incompatible. |
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