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Published on: May 27, 2020
Quantum Delocalized Interactions
A J Paige1, Hyukjoon Kwon1, Selwyn Simsek1
1QOLS, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Classical mechanics obeys the intuitive logic that a physical event happens at a definite spatial point. Entanglement, however, breaks this logic by enabling interactions without a specific location. In this work we study these delocalized interactions. These are quantum interactions that create less locational information than would be possible classically, as captured by the disturbance induced on some spatial superposition state. We introduce quantum games to capture the effect and demonstrate a direct operational use for quantum concurrence in that it bounds the nonclassical performance gain. We also find a connection with quantum teleportation, and demonstrate the games using an IBM quantum processor.
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