Questions tagged [fidelity]

For questions about the fidelity between quantum states.

Fidelity between two pure states $|{\psi}\rangle$ and $|\phi\rangle$ is defined as: $$\tag{1}F(|{\psi}\rangle, |{\phi}\rangle) = |\langle \psi | \phi \rangle|^2.$$

Fidelity between a pure states $|{\psi}\rangle$ and a mixted state $\rho$ is defined as: $$\tag{2}F(|{\psi}\rangle, \rho) = \langle \psi |\rho| \psi \rangle.$$

Fidelity between two mixed states $\rho$ and $\sigma$ is defined as: $$\tag{3} \begin{align} F(\rho, \sigma) &= || \sqrt{\rho}\sqrt{\sigma} ||_1^2 = \text{Tr}\bigg( \sqrt{\sqrt{\rho}\cdot\sigma\cdot \sqrt{\rho}} \bigg) = \text{Tr}\bigg( \sqrt{\sqrt{\sigma}\cdot\rho\cdot \sqrt{\sigma}} \bigg). \end{align} $$

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Are there disadvantages in using the inner product between states instead of the fidelity?

Would there be any disadvantages of using inner product, that is, $\mathrm{Tr}(A^{\dagger}B)$ (say making it, $\mathrm{Tr}(\sqrt A \sqrt B)$ to normalise) to quantify how far two quantum states are instead of fidelity, which is…
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What would be an ideal fidelity measure to determine the closeness between two non unitary matrices?

The Hibert Schmidt norm $\mathrm {tr}(A^{\dagger}B)$ works well for unitaries. It has a value of one when the matrices are equal and less than one otherwise. But this norm is absolutely unsuitable for non-unitary matrices. I thought maybe…
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Is (square root) fidelity strictly concave?

We know that (square root) Fidelity which is defined as $\text{F}(\rho,\sigma) = \| \sqrt{\rho} \sqrt{\sigma} \|_1 = \text{Tr}(\sqrt{\sqrt{\sigma} \rho \sqrt{\sigma}})$ is satisfies the property of joint concavity. That is $$ …
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Given $\rho,\sigma$, bound $\min F(\bar\rho,\sigma)$ over $\bar\rho$ such that $F(\bar\rho,\rho)\ge1-\epsilon$

Let $\rho, \sigma$ be states such that $$F(\rho,\sigma) = \delta >0,$$ where $F(\rho,\sigma) = \|\sqrt{\rho}\sqrt{\sigma}\|_1$. Now consider all possible states $\bar{\rho}$ such that $F(\bar{\rho},\rho) \geq 1 - \varepsilon$ for…
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Do the eigenvalues of $|\sqrt\rho\sqrt\sigma|$ have a physical interpretation?

The (square-root) fidelity between a pair of states $\rho,\sigma$ is the quantity $$\sqrt F(\rho,\sigma) = \|\sqrt\rho\sqrt\sigma\|_1 = \operatorname{tr}|\sqrt\rho\sqrt\sigma| =\operatorname{tr}\left[\sqrt{\sqrt\rho\sigma\sqrt\rho}\right].$$ Here…
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Calculating fidelity for mixed states: are there tricks or it is "brute force" calculations?

The fidelity between two density matrix $\rho$ and $\sigma$ is the following: $$F(\rho,\sigma)=\operatorname{Tr}\left[\sqrt{\sqrt{\rho} \sigma \sqrt{\rho}} \right]^2$$ If one of the two state is a pure state the expression is very easy, but in…
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