Gaussian states are fundamental in continuous-variable quantum information, yet characterizing non-Gaussianity remains challenging due to the non-convexity of the Gaussian set. Existing witnesses typically rely on Wigner negativity or other information-theoretic quantities. In this work, we develop a group-theoretic, multi-copy approach to detect non-Gaussianity in bosonic systems. We study passive linear optical transformations that mix copies of a quantum state and analyze their commutation with identical Gaussian unitaries applied to each copy. Orthogonal copy-mixing transformations commute with the symplectic part of the Gaussian action, while the displacement part restricts the symmetry to the stabilizer of the collective mode. This structure yields a family of witnesses satisfied by all single-mode Gaussian states. Fixing the thermal reference parameter via the purity, violation of these identities certifies non-Gaussianity. We illustrate the method with several single-mode examples and present an experimental protocol based on passive interferometry and photon-number-resolved detection, showing that the relevant multi-copy expectation values can be estimated from bounded phase observables. Finally, we extend the construction to multi-mode systems and discuss how the same symmetry framework may lead to quantitative measures of non-Gaussianity.
The results identify that complexity of learning arises from irreducible mixing of non-Gaussianity and entanglement, rather than either resource alone.
Non-Gaussianity is an essential resource for genuine quantum advantages in continuous-variable quantum systems and is regarded as a counterpart of the magic resource in discrete-variable systems. Recently, an exact correspondence between non-Gaussianity (NG) and the magic resource was identified within the Gottesman--Kitaev--Preskill (GKP) encoding framework. Whether such a relation persists beyond GKP encoding, however, remains unclear. Here, we address this question in the cat-code setting. By comparing the Wigner logarithmic negativity (WLN) and a magic measure defined from a phase-operator basis, we analyze the resource geometry of non-degenerate $d$-peaked cat states. We find that cat codes do not inherit the global value-preserving GKP magic--NG equivalence, but their asymptotic WLN geometry allows a constructive local alignment with the magic-measure geometry. Specifically, under a distinguished SU($d$) asymptotic cat code, we establish a sector-dependent alignment between WLN level sets and magic-measure level sets based on their intrinsic local geometries. These results identify both the global incompatibility and the locally constructive relation between magic and non-Gaussian resources in cat codes, suggesting a geometry-based approach to resource correspondences beyond the GKP framework.
Yuwei Zhu, Seungbeom Chin, W. Munro et al.· 0 citations
The quantum capacity of the bosonic thermal attenuator, which is given by the regularization of its coherent information, is unknown. The seminal work of Holevo and Werner established in 1999 the standard one-use lower bound obtained from input thermal states. We first prove that this long-standing lower bound is the exact supremum over all single-mode Gaussian states and then show that, crucially, a non-Gaussian state can do better. As a consequence, we prove positivity of the quantum capacity in a parameter region where the channel is not antidegradable, yet its coherent information optimized over single-mode Gaussian states vanishes. For example, with one thermal photon in the environment and at transmissivity $\eta=0.8$, the coherent information is non-positive for every single-mode Gaussian input. We give an explicit rank-two non-Gaussian state, supported on only six Fock levels, whose coherent information is certified to be at least $4.7\times10^{-4}$ qubits per channel use. This short witness is far from numerically optimal: a numerical optimization over fixed non-Gaussian families reaches at least $8.4\times 10^{-3}$ qubits per channel use at the same point. More generally, at $\nu=1$, using non-Gaussian inputs we certify positivity of the coherent information, and therefore of the quantum capacity, down to $\eta=0.7841$; by contrast, the channel is antidegradable, and hence has zero quantum capacity, for $\eta\leq0.75$. Overall, our work identifies new high-noise regimes in which bosonic quantum communication is possible.
Francesco Anna Mele, Giuseppe Catalano, Marco Fanizza et al.· 0 citations
Recently, it has been shown that protocols utilizing infinitely fast controls, such as quantum error correction, can in principle restore Heisenberg-limited frequency estimation in the presence of a broad class of non-Markovian noise models arising from coupling to finite-dimensional environments. However, these controls differ substantially from those used to address Markovian noise, and their underlying physical mechanism remains unclear. In this work, we establish a direct connection between these protocols and the quantum Zeno effect, and extend the framework to infinite-dimensional environments. We delineate three types of constructions: (a) protocols that rely solely on measurements, (b) protocols using an active recovery after measurements and (c) protocols using dynamical decoupling and rigorously analyze the performance of each when controls can be applied at only a finite rate. While protocols relying purely on measurements can be engineered for noise models where active recoveries are fundamentally impossible, they result in the quantum Fisher information exhibiting a quadratically worse dependence on the control frequency. Surprisingly, while dynamical decoupling protocols are possible whenever protocols relying only on measurements can be engineered, the quantum Fisher information has the same dependence on control frequency as the active recovery protocols. Numerical simulations suggest that the improvement offered by dynamical decoupling may work in regimes beyond the perturbative setting where our rigorous theorems apply.
Superpositions of Gaussian states, including circular states and generalized circular states, exhibit a rich variety of nonclassical features such as Wigner negativity and sub-Planck phase-space structures. The Tsirelson probability, central to the Tsirelson precession protocol, is defined as the average probability that a precessing quadrature yields a positive outcome when measured at equally spaced times, with the classical bound given by $1/2 \pm 1/(2d).$ In this work, we compute this probability for superpositions of Gaussian states. For circular states (superpositions of $d$ coherent states), we analytically calculate their Tsirelson probability and find violations of the classical bounds for $d=3,5,7$. For generalized circular states, which incorporate squeezing, we derive a general expression and identify parameter regimes that enhance the violation. Our results provide a comprehensive map of the dynamical nonclassicality of superpositions of Gaussian states and establish them as versatile platforms for testing nonclassicality witnesses.
Pure-state entanglement rests on a single algebraic backbone: majorization of the Schmidt spectrum governs state conversion under local operations and classical communication, and constrains entanglement monotones. Here we establish a corresponding majorization law for fermionic non-Gaussianity, the resource that elevates free fermions to universal quantum computation. Under any fermionic Gaussian protocol with pure state outcomes, the Williamson spectrum of a pure state's Majorana covariance matrix is weakly majorized by its ensemble average. This spectral law mirrors that of entanglement theory. It turns computable non-Gaussianity quantifiers such as fermionic antiflatness and occupation entropies into strong monotones for fermionic non-Gaussianity, and delivers necessary conditions and converse bounds on state conversion under Gaussian protocols. When fermion parity is conserved, no catalyst can remove a majorization obstruction---unless it carries parity coherence---and asymptotic interconversion is irreversible already for pure states. All relevant quantities are accessible from two-point Majorana correlators, turning the theory developed here into experimentally observable properties of quantum matter, testable on present-day quantum devices.
X. Turkeshi, P. Sierant, P. S. Tarabunga· 0 citations