Nonlocality without entanglement for multipartite quantum measurements
Abstract
We show that a pair of two-qubit product measurements can be perfectly distinguished when accessed jointly, yet cannot be perfectly distinguished when their local components are distributed between distant parties restricted to local quantum operations and classical communication (LOCC). This establishes a measurement analogue of nonlocality without entanglement that, unlike its state-based counterpart, emerges in a remarkably simple setting. We further uncover a hierarchy of LOCC discrimination strategies: adaptive protocols, in which the probe used at one site may depend on classical information obtained from another, can strictly outperform restricted non-adaptive protocols, as demonstrated by a set of six bipartite qutrit product measurements. We also show that LOCC distinguishability of bipartite measurements can be intrinsically directional, depending on which party initiates the protocol. More generally, we construct pairs of n-qubit product measurements that are globally perfectly distinguishable but cannot be perfectly distinguished across any bipartition, even when all parties on either side of the bipartition are allowed arbitrary joint quantum operations. Finally, we show how quantum data hiding based on quantum-process nonlocality without entanglement can be realized using elementary optical components.
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BibTeX
@misc{manna2026nonlocality,
title = {{Nonlocality without entanglement for multipartite quantum measurements}},
author = {Satyaki Manna and Debashis Saha},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.02032},
eprint = {2610.02032},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.02032},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Nonlocality without entanglement for multipartite quantum measurements
AU - Satyaki Manna
AU - Debashis Saha
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.02032
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.02032
AB - We show that a pair of two-qubit product measurements can be perfectly distinguished when accessed jointly, yet cannot be perfectly distinguished when their local components are distributed between distant parties restricted to local quantum operations and classical communication (LOCC). This establishes a measurement analogue of nonlocality without entanglement that, unlike its state-based counterpart, emerges in a remarkably simple setting. We further uncover a hierarchy of LOCC discrimination strategies: adaptive protocols, in which the probe used at one site may depend on classical information obtained from another, can strictly outperform restricted non-adaptive protocols, as demonstrated by a set of six bipartite qutrit product measurements. We also show that LOCC distinguishability of bipartite measurements can be intrinsically directional, depending on which party initiates the protocol. More generally, we construct pairs of n-qubit product measurements that are globally perfectly distinguishable but cannot be perfectly distinguished across any bipartition, even when all parties on either side of the bipartition are allowed arbitrary joint quantum operations. Finally, we show how quantum data hiding based on quantum-process nonlocality without entanglement can be realized using elementary optical components.
ER -