Minimum output entropy conjecture for multi-mode Gaussian quantum channels

Let nNn\in\mathbb{N}, and let ρ^\hat{\rho} be a finite-entropy state of an nn-mode Gaussian quantum system. Let gg be the entropy function for a single-mode thermal Gaussian state, and define

N(ρ^)=g1(S(ρ^)n),N(\hat{\rho})=g^{-1}\left(\frac{S(\hat{\rho})}{n}\right),

so that S(ω^N(ρ^)n)=S(ρ^)S\left(\hat{\omega}_{N(\hat{\rho})}^{\otimes n}\right)=S(\hat{\rho}). Denote by Eη,E\mathcal{E}_{\eta,E}, Aκ,E\mathcal{A}_{\kappa,E}, A~κ,E\tilde{\mathcal{A}}_{\kappa,E}, and NE\mathcal{N}_E the nn-mode Gaussian attenuator, amplifier, phase-contravariant channel, and additive-noise channel, respectively. Minimum output entropy conjecture. Quantum Gaussian thermal input states minimize the output entropy of these channels among all input states with the same entropy; explicitly,

S(Eη,En(ρ^))ng(ηN(ρ^)+(1η)E),S\left(\mathcal{E}^{\otimes n}_{\eta,E}(\hat{\rho})\right)\ge n\,g\left(\eta N(\hat{\rho})+(1-\eta)E\right), S(Aκ,En(ρ^))ng(κN(ρ^)+(κ1)(E+1)),S\left(\mathcal{A}^{\otimes n}_{\kappa,E}(\hat{\rho})\right)\ge n\,g\left(\kappa N(\hat{\rho})+(\kappa-1)(E+1)\right), S(A~κ,En(ρ^))ng((κ1)(N(ρ^)+1)+κE),S\left(\tilde{\mathcal{A}}^{\otimes n}_{\kappa,E}(\hat{\rho})\right)\ge n\,g\left((\kappa-1)(N(\hat{\rho})+1)+\kappa E\right), S(NEn(ρ^))ng(N(ρ^)+E).S\left(\mathcal{N}^{\otimes n}_{E}(\hat{\rho})\right)\ge n\,g\left(N(\hat{\rho})+E\right).

The conjecture concerns the minimum output entropy at fixed input entropy for important multi-mode Gaussian channels and underlies entropy and communication-rate bounds. The supplied text does not establish its resolution or specify which parameter regimes are known, so its status remains open.

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Primary source

Giacomo De Palma, “New lower bounds to the output entropy of multi-mode quantum Gaussian channels”, arXiv:1805.12469 (2019).

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