Distinct Feedback-Strength Requirements for Quantum-State Ensemble Preparation under Channel-Equivalent Monitoring
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Different measurements of the same environment can preserve the average quantum channel yet change the feedback strength needed to prepare a state ensemble. We establish this distinction for a multiqubit register under complete Pauli monitoring, targeting the uniform ensemble of real-amplitude pure states. With unit detection efficiency, public records, and bounded Hamiltonian feedback, fixed transverse noise requires a minimum peak strength proportional to $ε^{-1}$ at distributional error $ε$. Tangent noise instead admits a construction requiring only $O[\sqrt{\log(1/ε)}]$. At fixed preparation time, we determine the optimum over all allowed feedback policies and derive a geometric lower bound beyond radial symmetry. The separation identifies the measurement realization as part of the control-resource specification for monitored ensemble preparation.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Huang, Haitao, Zhao, Qinglin, Li, Xiaoyu
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7214660347
