Distance-based measures and Epsilon-measures for measurement-based quantum resources

TL;DR

This paper develops a framework for quantifying measurement-based quantum resources using distance and epsilon-measures, addressing practical scenarios with partial knowledge and extending to sets of measurements.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive analysis of epsilon-measures for measurement-based quantum resources, connecting them to resource manipulation and broadening applicability to sets of measurements.

Findings

Epsilon-measures provide a robust way to quantify resources with partial information.

The framework applies to both individual and sets of measurements.

Connections between epsilon-measures and resource manipulation are established.

Abstract

Quantum resource theories provide a structured and elegant framework for quantifying quantum resources. While state-based resource theories have been extensively studied, their measurement-based resource theories remain relatively underexplored. In practical scenarios where a quantum state or a set of measurements is only partially known, conventional resource measures often fall short in capturing the resource content. In such cases, \epsilon-measures offer a robust alternative, making them particularly valuable. In this work, we investigate the quantification of measurement-based resources using distance-based measures, followed by a detailed analysis of the mathematical properties of \epsilon-measures. We also extend our analysis by exploring the connections between \epsilon-measures and some key quantities relevant to resource manipulation tasks. Importantly, the analysis of resources based on sets of measurements are tedious compared to that of single measurements as the former allows more general transformations such as controlled implementation. Yet our framework applies not only to resources associated with individual measurements but also to those arising from sets of measurements. In short, our analysis is applicable to existing resource theories of measurements and has the potential to be useful for all resource theories of measurements that are yet to be developed.