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NATURE PHYSICS
卷 6, 期 9, 页码 659-662出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS1734
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- German Science Foundation (DFG)
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED)
The uncertainty principle, originally formulated by Heisenberg(1), clearly illustrates the difference between classical and quantum mechanics. The principle bounds the uncertainties about the outcomes of two incompatible measurements, such as position and momentum, on a particle. It implies that one cannot predict the outcomes for both possible choices of measurement to arbitrary precision, even if information about the preparation of the particle is available in a classical memory. However, if the particle is prepared entangled with a quantum memory, a device that might be available in the not-too-distant future(2), it is possible to predict the outcomes for both measurement choices precisely. Here, we extend the uncertainty principle to incorporate this case, providing a lower bound on the uncertainties, which depends on the amount of entanglement between the particle and the quantum memory. We detail the application of our result to witnessing entanglement and to quantum key distribution.
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