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Criteria for nonclassicality in the prepare-and-measure scenario
(Physical Review Research, 2020-10-20) Poderini, Davide; Brito, Samuraí Gomes de Aguiar; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Sciarrino, Fabio; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto
Quantum communication networks involving the preparation, sharing, and measurement of quantum states are ubiquitous in quantum information. Of particular relevance within this context is to understand under which conditions a given quantum resource can give rise to correlations incompatible with a classical explanation. Here we consider the so-called prepare-and-measure scenario, in which a quantum or classical message with bounded dimension is transmitted between two parties. In this scenario we derive criteria witnessing whether a set of quantum states can lead or not to nonclassical correlations. Based on that, we show that quantum resources that can only give rise to classical correlations in the simplest prepare-and-measure scenario can have their nonclassicality witnessed if we increase the number of preparations or measurements.
Device-independent secret sharing and a stronger form of Bell nonlocality
(American Physical Society, 2020-05-27) Moreno, M. G. M.; Brito, Samuraí Gomes de Aguiar; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto
Bell nonlocality, the fact that local hidden-variable models cannot reproduce the correlations obtained by measurements on entangled states, is a cornerstone in our modern understanding of quantum theory. Apart from its fundamental implications, nonlocality is also at the core of device-independent quantum information processing, the successful implementation of which is achieved without precise knowledge of the physical apparatus. Here we show that a stronger form of Bell nonlocality, for which even some nonlocal hiddenvariable models cannot reproduce the quantum predictions, allows us to circumvent possible attacks in the implementation of secret sharing, a paradigmatic communication protocol in which a secret split amid many possibly untrusted parts can be decoded only if they collaborate among themselves
Device-independent witness for the nonobjectivity of quantum dynamics
(Physical Review A, 2023-09-05) Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto; Rodari, Giovanni; Moreno Filho, Marcos George Magalhães; Polino, Emanuele; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Suprano, Alessia; Duarte, Cristhiano; Sciarrino, Fabio; Poderini, Davide
Quantum Darwinism offers an explanation for the emergence of classical objective features (those we are used to at macroscopic scales) from quantum properties at the microscopic level. The interaction of a quantum system with its surroundings redundantly proliferates information to many parts of the environment, turning it accessible and objective to different observers. However, given that one cannot probe the quantum system directly, only its environment, how to determine whether an unknown quantum property can be deemed objective? Here we propose a probabilistic framework to analyze this question and show that objectivity implies a Bell-like inequality. Among several other results, we show quantum violations of this inequality, a device-independent proof of the nonobjectivity of quantum correlations. We also implement a photonic experiment where the temporal degree of freedom of photons is the quantum system of interest, while their polarization acts as the environment. Employing a fully black-box approach, we achieve the violation of a Bell-like inequality, thus certifying the nonobjectivity of the underlying quantum dynamics in a fully device-independent framework
Efficient and operational quantifier of nondivisibility in terms of channel discrimination
(Physical Review A, 2025-02-04) Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Bernardes, Nadja Kolb; Cavalcanti, Daniel; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto; Duarte, Cristhiano
The understanding of open quantum systems is crucial for the development of quantum technologies. Of particular relevance is the characterization of divisible quantum dynamics, seen as a generalization of Markovian processes to the quantum setting. Here, we propose a way to detect divisibility and quantify how nondivisible a quantum channel is through the concept of channel discrimination. We ask how well we can distinguish generic dynamics from divisible dynamics. We show that this question can be answered efficiently through semidefinite programming, which provides us with an operational and efficient way to quantify nondivisibility
Enhancing entanglement and total correlation dynamics via local unitaries
(Physical Review A, 2022-02-22) Varela, Joab Morais; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Moreno Filho, Marcos George Magalhães; Viana, Alice Caroline de Oliveira; Landi, Gabriel; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto
The interaction with the environment is one of the main obstacles to be circumvented in practical implementations of quantum information tasks. The use of local unitaries, while not changing the initial entanglement present in a given state, can enormously change its dynamics through a noisy channel, and consequently its ability to be used as a resource. In this way, local unitaries provide an easy and accessible way to enhance quantum correlations in a variety of different experimental platforms. Given an initial entangled state and a certain noisy channel, what are the local unitaries providing the most robust dynamics? In this paper we solve this question considering two-qubit states, together with paradigmatic and relevant noisy channels, showing its consequences for teleportation protocols and identifying cases where the most robust states are not necessarily the ones imprinting the least information about themselves into the environment. We also derive a general multipartite law relating the interplay between the total correlations in the system and environment with their mutual information built up over the noisy dynamics. Finally, we employ the IBM Quantum Experience to provide a proof-of-principle experimental implementation of our results
Entanglement-based quantum communication complexity beyond Bell nonlocality
(npj Quantum Information, 2022-02-03) Ho, Joseph; Moreno Filho, Marcos George Magalhães; Brito, Samuraí Gomes de Aguiar; Graffitti, Francesco; Morrison, Christopher L.; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Pickston, Alexander; Proietti, Massimiliano; Rabelo, Rafael; Fedrizzi, Alessandro; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto
Efficient distributed computing offers a scalable strategy for solving resource-demanding tasks, such as parallel computation and circuit optimisation. Crucially, the communication overhead introduced by the allotment process should be minimised—a key motivation behind the communication complexity problem (CCP). Quantum resources are well-suited to this task, offering clear strategies that can outperform classical counterparts. Furthermore, the connection between quantum CCPs and non-locality provides an information-theoretic insight into fundamental quantum mechanics. Here we connect quantum CCPs with a generalised non-locality framework—beyond Bell’s paradigmatic theorem—by incorporating the underlying causal structure, which governs the distributed task, into a so-called non-local hidden-variable model. We prove that a new class of communication complexity tasks can be associated with Bell-like inequalities, whose violation is both necessary and sufficient for a quantum gain. We experimentally implement a multipartite CCP akin to the guess-your-neighbour-input scenario, and demonstrate a quantum advantage when multipartite Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states are shared among three users
Events in quantum mechanics are maximally non-absolute.
(Quantum: the open journal for quantum science, 2022-08-24) Moreno Filho, Marcos George Magalhães; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Duarte, Cristhiano; Araujo, Rafael Chaves Souto
The notorious quantum measurement problem brings out the difficulty to reconcile two quantum postulates: the unitary evolution of closed quantum systems and the wave-function collapse after a measurement. This problematics is particularly highlighted in the Wigner's friend thought experiment, where the mismatch between unitary evolution and measurement collapse leads to conflicting quantum descriptions for different observers. A recent no-go theorem has established that the (quantum) statistics arising from an extended Wigner's friend scenario is incompatible when one try to hold together three innocuous assumptions, namely no-superdeterminism, parameter independence and absoluteness of observed events. Building on this extended scenario, we introduce two novel measures of non-absoluteness of events. The first is based on the EPR2 decomposition, and the second involves the relaxation of the absoluteness hypothesis assumed in the aforementioned no-go theorem. To prove that quantum correlations can be maximally non-absolute according to both quantifiers, we show that chained Bell inequalities (and relaxations thereof) are also valid constraints for Wigner's experiment
General Method for Classicality Certification in the Prepare and Measure Scenario
(PRX Quantum, 2021-07-20) Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto; Moreno Filho, Marcos George Magalhães; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Brito, Samuraí Gomes de Aguiar; Gois, Carlos de; Rabelo, Rafael
Preparing and measuring physical systems are the operational building blocks of any physical experiment, and to describe them is the first purpose of any physical theory. Remarkably, even when only uncharacterized preparation and measurement devices are present, it is sometimes possible to distinguish between the behaviors of quantum and classical systems from only observational data. Certifying the physical origin of measurement statistics in the prepare and measure scenario is of primal importance for developing quantum networks, distributing quantum keys, and certifying randomness, to mention a few applications, but, surprisingly, no general methods to do so are known. We progress on this problem by crafting a general, sufficient condition to certify that a given set of preparations can only generate classical statistics, for any number of generalized measurements. As an application, we employ the method to demonstrate nonclassicality activation in the prepare and measure scenario, also considering its application in random access codes. Following that, we adapt our method to certify, again through a sufficient condition, whether a given set of measurements can never give rise to nonclassical behaviors, irrespective of what preparations they may act upon. This, in turn, allows us to find a large set of incompatible measurements that cannot be used to demonstrate nonclassicality, thus showing incompatibility is not sufficient for nonclassicality in the prepare and measure scenario.
Observational-interventional Bell inequalities
(Physical Review A, 2024-10-21) Poderini, Davide; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Moreno Filho, Marcos George Magalhães; Zamora, Santiago; Lauand, Pedro; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto
Generalizations of Bell's theorem, particularly within quantum networks, are now being analyzed through the lens of causal inference. However, the exploration of interventions, a central concept in causality theory, remains significantly unexplored. In this work, we take an initial step in this direction, by analyzing the instrumental scenario and proposing hybrid Bell inequalities integrating observational and interventional data. Focusing on binary outcomes with any number of inputs, we obtain the complete characterization of the observational-interventional polytope, equivalent to a Hardy-like Bell inequality, albeit describing a distinct quantum experiment. To illustrate its applications, we show a significant enhancement regarding threshold detection efficiencies for quantum violations also showing the use of this hybrid approach in quantum steering scenarios
Quantifying quantum causal influences
(Physical Review A, 2023-08-28) Hutter, Lucas; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Moreno Filho, Marcos George Magalhães; Brod, Daniel Jost
Causal influences are at the core of any empirical science, the reason why its quantification is of paramount relevance for the mathematical theory of causality and applications. Quantum correlations, however, challenge our notion of cause and effect, implying that tools and concepts developed over the years having in mind a classical world have to be reevaluated in the presence of quantum effects. Here, we propose the quantum version of the most common causality quantifier, the average causal effect, measuring how much a target quantum system is changed by interventions on its presumed cause. Not only does it offer an innate manner to quantify causation in two-qubit gates but also in alternative quantum computation models such as the measurement-based version, suggesting that causality can be used as a proxy for optimizing quantum algorithms. Considering quantum teleportation, we show that any pure entangled state offers an advantage in terms of causal effects as compared to separable states. This broadness of different uses showcases that, just as in the classical case, the quantification of causal influence has foundational and applied consequences and can lead to a yet totally unexplored tool for quantum information science
Quantum Finance: um tutorial de computação quântica aplicada ao mercado financeiro
(Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física, 2022-09-27) Silva, Askery Alexandre Canabarro Barbosa da; Mendonça, Taysa M.; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Moreno, George; Albino, Anton S.; Jesus, Gleydson F. de; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto
Antes restrita a uma área de fronteira da Física, a computação quântica é uma das áreas que mais tem crescido atualmente, justamente por suas aplicações tecnológicas em problemas de otimização, aprendizagem de máquina, segurança da informação e simulações. O objetivo deste artigo é introduzir os fundamentos da computação quântica, tendo como foco um algoritmo quântico promissor e sua aplicação a um problema do mercado financeiro. Mais especificamente, discutimos o problema da otimização de portfólio usando o Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA). Não somente descrevemos os principais conceitos envolvidos, mas também consideramos exemplos simples práticos, envolvendo ativos financeiros disponíveis na bolsa brasileira, com códigos, tanto clássicos quanto quânticos, dísponíveis livremente em um Jupyter Notebook. Também analisamos em detalhes a qualidade das soluções de otimização combinatória de portfólio por meio do QAOA usando o simulador quântico ATOS QLM do SENAI/CIMATEC.
Quantum steering beyond instrumental causal networks
(American Physical Society, 2018-04-06) Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Taddei, M. M.; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto; Aolita, L.
We theoretically predict, and experimentally verify with entangled photons, that outcome communication is not enough for hidden-state models to reproduce quantum steering. Hidden-state models with outcome communication correspond, in turn, to the well-known instrumental processes of causal inference but in the one-sided device-independent scenario of one black-box measurement device and one wellcharacterized quantum apparatus. We introduce one-sided device-independent instrumental inequalities to test against these models, with the appealing feature of detecting entanglement even when communication of the black box’s measurement outcome is allowed.We find that, remarkably, these inequalities can also be violated solely with steering, i.e., without outcome communication. In fact, an efficiently computable formal quantifier—the robustness of noninstrumentality—naturally arises, and we prove that steering alone is enough to maximize it. Our findings imply that quantum theory admits a stronger form of steering than known until now, with fundamental as well as practical potential implications
Semi-device-independent certification of entanglement in superdense coding
(Physical Review A, 2021-02-25) Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Gois, Carlos de; Rabelo, Rafael; Marcos George Magalhães Moreno Filho
Superdense coding is a paradigmatic protocol in quantum information science, employing a quantum communication channel to send classical information more efficiently. As we show here, it can be understood as a particular case of a prepare and measure experiment, a scenario that has attracted growing attention for its fundamental and practical applications. Formulating superdense coding as a prepare and measure scenario allows us to provide a semi-device-independent witness of entanglement that significantly improves over previous tests. Furthermore, we also show how to adapt our results into self-testing of maximally entangled states and also provide a semidefinite program formulation allowing one to efficiently optimize, for any shared quantum state, the probability of success in the superdense coding protocol
Semidefinite tests for quantum network topologies
(Physical Review Letters, 2020-09-10) Åberg, Johan; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Duarte, Cristhiano; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto
Quantum networks play a major role in long-distance communication, quantum cryptography, clock synchronization, and distributed quantum computing. Generally, these protocols involve many independent sources sharing entanglement among distant parties that, upon measuring their systems, generate correlations across the network. The question of which correlations a given quantum network can give rise to remains almost uncharted. Here we show that constraints on the observable covariances, previously derived for the classical case, also hold for quantum networks. The network topology yields tests that can be cast as semidefinite programs, thus allowing for the efficient characterization of the correlations in a wide class of quantum networks, as well as systematic derivations of device-independent and experimentally testable witnesses. We obtain such semidefinite tests for fixed measurement settings, as well as parties that independently choose among collections of measurement settings. The applicability of the method is demonstrated for various networks, and compared with previous approaches.
Witnessing nonclassicality in a causal structure with three observable variables
(PRX Quantum, 2023-04-20) Lauand, Pedro; Poderini, Davide; Nery, Ranieri Vieira; Moreno Filho, Marcos George Magalhães; Pollyceno, Lucas; Rabelo, Rafael; Araújo, Rafael Chaves Souto
Seen from the modern lens of causal inference, Bell’s theorem is nothing other than the proof that a specific classical causal model cannot explain quantum correlations. It is thus natural to move beyond Bell’s paradigmatic scenario and consider different causal structures. For the specific case of three observable variables, it is known that there are three nontrivial causal networks. Two of those are known to give rise to quantum nonclassicality: the instrumental and the triangle scenarios. Here we analyze the third and remaining one, which we name the Evans scenario, akin to the causal structure underlying the entanglement-swapping experiment. We prove a number of results about this elusive scenario and introduce new and efficient computational tools for its analysis that can also be adapted to deal with more general causal structures. We do not solve its main open problem—whether quantum nonclassical correlations can arise from it—but give a significant step in this direction by proving that postquantum correlations, analogous to the paradigmatic Popescu-Rohrlich box, do violate the constraints imposed by a classical description of the Evans causal structure

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