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Statistical complexity of quantum states and operations
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主讲人: Matteo G. A. Paris, University of Milan
地点: 物理楼 西464
时间: 2026年9月18日(周五)下午 15:00-16:00
主持 联系人: 何琼毅qiongyihe@pku.edu.cn
主讲人简介: Professor Matteo G. A. Paris leads the Applied Quantum Mechanics group at the University of Milan, Italy, where theoretical and experimental research is conducted in the fields of Quantum Optics, Quantum Technology, Quantum Mechanics, and Open Quantum Systems. Matteo has given pioneering contributions to the development of quantum tomography for states and operations and to continuous variable quantum information. His current interests concern quantum estimation and the study of correlated systems at the boundary of the quantum and classical worlds. Matteo received his Ph.D. in 1995 from the University of Pavia and joined the University of Milan in 2004.

We introduce and discuss a quantifier of phase-space complexity for continuous-variable (CV) and discrete-variable (DV) quantum systems. The complexity measure of quantum states is based on the Husimi Q-function defined over coherent states, and the quantifier combines into a single scalar quantity two complementary information-theoretic quantities: the Wehrl entropy, which captures phase-space spread, and the Fisher information, which captures localization. We derive fundamental properties of the measure for CV and DV systems, use it to quantify the complexity of quantum channels, and illustrate its properties with several examples. Finally, we briefly illustrate work in progress towards extending the measure from phase-space to Hilbert space.