Imprecision plateaus in quantum steering
We study tests of quantum steering in which the trusted party does not have perfect control of their measurements. We report on steering inequalities that remain unaffected when introducing up to a threshold magnitude of measurement imprecision. This phenomenon, which we call an imprecision plateau, thus permits a departure from the standard assumption of idealized measurements without incurring any cost to the detection power of steering experiments. We provide an explanation for why imprecision plateaus are possible, a simple criterion for their existence, and tools for analyzing their properties. We also demonstrate that these plateaus have natural applications when the assumption of perfect measurements is relaxed: They allow for maintaining both the noise robustness and loss robustness of standard steering tests and the performance rate of idealized one-sided device-independent random number generators.
Authors
- Otfried Gühne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6033-0867)
- Armin Tavakoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9136-7411)
- Nicola d'Alessandro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0470-6737)
- Elna Svegborn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7888-9747)
Institutions
- Lund University (SE)
- University of Siegen (DE)
- Folkwang University of the Arts (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. A/Physical review, A
- Published
- 2025-02-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.111.l020404
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.99
Funders
- Wenner-Gren Stiftelserna
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Chinesisch-Deutsche Zentrum für Wissenschaftsförderung
- Marcus och Amalia Wallenbergs minnesfond