Constrained minimum output entropy conjecture for Gaussian quantum-limited amplifiers

For nNn\in\mathbb{N}, let ρ\rho be an nn-mode quantum state and define

ωρ=[ω(g1(1nS(ρ)))]n,\omega_{\rho}=\left[\omega\left(g^{-1}\left(\tfrac{1}{n}S(\rho)\right)\right)\right]^{\otimes n},

where ωρ\omega_{\rho} is the nn-mode thermal quantum Gaussian state with the same entropy as ρ\rho. Let Aκn\mathcal{A}_{\kappa}^{\otimes n} be the nn-mode Gaussian quantum-limited amplifier with κ1\kappa\ge1.

Constrained minimum output entropy conjecture. For every nNn\in\mathbb{N}, ρ\rho and κ1\kappa\ge1,

S(Aκn(ρ))S(Aκn(ωρ))=ng(κg1(1nS(ρ))+κ1).S\left(\mathcal{A}_{\kappa}^{\otimes n}(\rho)\right)\ge S\left(\mathcal{A}_{\kappa}^{\otimes n}(\omega_{\rho})\right)=n\,g\left(\kappa g^{-1}\left(\tfrac{1}{n}S(\rho)\right)+\kappa-1\right).

Thermal Gaussian inputs are known to minimize the output entropy in the one-mode case, while the general n2n\ge2 conjecture remains open except for entanglement-breaking Gaussian channels.

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Primary source

Giacomo De Palma, “The squashed entanglement of the noiseless quantum Gaussian attenuator and amplifier”, arXiv:1905.08480 (2019).

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