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Past exam of the laser science and quantum information processing course of the University of Oxford 2022 5 a Solution by
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Assume . Let Alice's first recorded quantum measurement outcome be . Immediately afterward she assigns the conditional pure quantum state , with probabilities , . Bob, who has no record, assigns the density operatorThis is a nonselective quantum measurement, which removes the initial computational basis coherence. It is not generally the original pure quantum state.
After the Hadamard gate, Alice assigns for , or for . Bob assignsBoth and give either final computational basis outcome with probability . Thus, after Alice records the second outcome , she assigns , whereas Bob assignsAlice's conditional quantum states are pure; Bob's are averages over her unobserved records. They agree on all probabilities when supplied the same information. Their first descriptions can coincide if the initial quantum state is a computational basis state; after the second quantum measurement, Bob's maximally mixed state differs from each conditional pure quantum state.
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