Generalized measurement incompatibility

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16151v1
• Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 16:32:34 GMT
• Title: Generalized measurement incompatibility
• Abstract summary: A weaker notion of joint-measurability, called partial joint-measurability, was proposed by Masini et al.<n>We show that, like full joint-measurability, partial joint-measurability can be decided by solving a single program.<n>Our results highlight the importance of a careful treatment of postselection in security analyses.
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• Abstract: Quantum measurements can be incompatible, i.e., they can fail to be jointly measurable. Recently, a weaker notion of joint-measurability, called partial joint-measurability, was proposed by Masini et al. in [Quantum 8, 1574 (2024)]. In this work, we further generalize this notion to the setting where only a subset of the outcomes of each measurement is required to be jointly determined by classical variables. We provide two mathematical formulations of partial joint-measurability and show that, like full joint-measurability, it can be decided by solving a single semidefinite program. We prove that in the case of an untrusted measurement device, an adversary Eve, limited to classical side information, can perfectly guess the outcomes of the measurement device if and only if the set of measurements is partially jointly measurable. We derive analytical thresholds on the detection efficiency below which generic measurements become partially jointly measurable. Such bounds directly yield limits on the robustness of device-independent and semi-device-independent quantum cryptographic protocols against detection inefficiency. In particular, our results highlight the importance of a careful treatment of postselection in security analyses.

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