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DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 20\, 2-3pm\, QNC 4104\n\nSpeaker: Senrui Chen (Caltech)\n\nTitle: Towards sample-optimal learning of bosonic Gaussian quantum states\n\nAbstract:\n\nContinuous-variable systems enable key quantum technologies in computation\, communication\, and sensing. Bosonic Gaussian states emerge naturally in various such applications\, including gravitational-wave and dark-matter detection. A fundamental question is how to characterize an unknown bosonic Gaussian state from as few samples as possible. Despite decades-long exploration\, the ultimate efficiency limit remains unclear. In this work\, we study the necessary and sufficient number of copies to learn an n-mode Gaussian state\, with energy less than E\, to ε trace distance with high probability. We prove a lower bound of Ω(n3/ε2) for Gaussian measurements\, matching the best known upper bound up to doubly-log energy dependence\, and Ω(n2/ε2) for arbitrary measurements. We further show an upper bound of O˜(n2/ε2) given that the Gaussian state is promised to be either pure or passive. Interestingly\, while Gaussian measurements suffice for nearly optimal learning of pure Gaussian states\, non-Gaussian measurements are provably required for optimal learning of passive Gaussian states. Finally\, focusing on learning single-mode Gaussian states via non-entangling Gaussian measurements\, we provide a nearly tight bound of Θ˜(E/ε2) for any non-adaptive schemes\, showing adaptivity is indispensable for nearly energy-independent scaling. As a byproduct\, we establish sharp bounds on the trace distance between Gaussian states in terms of the total variation distance between their Wigner distributions\, and obtain a nearly tight sample complexity bound for learning the Wigner distribution of any Gaussian state to ε total variation distance. Our results greatly advance quantum learning theory in the bosonic regimes and have practical impact in quantum sensing and benchmarking applications.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Wednesday May 20, 2-3pm, QNC 4104<br />Speaker: Senrui Chen (Caltech)<br />Title: Towards sample-optimal learning of bosonic Gaussian quantum states<br />Abstract:<br><br>Continuous-variable systems enable key quantum technologies in computation, communication, and sensing. Bosonic Gaussian states emerge naturally in various such applications, including gravitational-wave and dark-matter detection. A fundamental question is how to characterize an unknown bosonic Gaussian state from as few samples as possible. Despite decades-long exploration, the ultimate efficiency limit remains unclear. In this work, we study the necessary and sufficient number of copies to learn an n-mode Gaussian state, with energy less than E, to ε trace distance with high probability. We prove a lower bound of Ω(n3/ε2) for Gaussian measurements, matching the best known upper bound up to doubly-log energy dependence, and Ω(n2/ε2) for arbitrary measurements. We further show an upper bound of O˜(n2/ε2) given that the Gaussian state is promised to be either pure or passive. Interestingly, while Gaussian measurements suffice for nearly optimal learning of pure Gaussian states, non-Gaussian measurements are provably required for optimal learning of passive Gaussian states. Finally, focusing on learning single-mode Gaussian states via non-entangling Gaussian measurements, we provide a nearly tight bound of Θ˜(E/ε2) for any non-adaptive schemes, showing adaptivity is indispensable for nearly energy-independent scaling. As a byproduct, we establish sharp bounds on the trace distance between Gaussian states in terms of the total variation distance between their Wigner distributions, and obtain a nearly tight sample complexity bound for learning the Wigner distribution of any Gaussian state to ε total variation distance. Our results greatly advance quantum learning theory in the bosonic regimes and have practical impact in quantum sensing and benchmarking applications.
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