{"id":239063,"date":"2026-06-16T07:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/abstract-algebra-unlocks-distinguishable-states-for-quantum-systems"},"modified":"2026-06-16T07:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:28:37","slug":"abstract-algebra-unlocks-distinguishable-states-for-quantum-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/abstract-algebra-unlocks-distinguishable-states-for-quantum-systems","title":{"rendered":"Abstract algebra unlocks distinguishable states for quantum systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/abstract-algebra-unlocks-distinguishable-states-for-quantum-systems3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers around the world are racing to develop new quantum-based systems for sensing, communication, computing and control that have the promise of outperforming traditional systems. Creating stable, measurable, distinguishable quantum states\u2014which would be the heart of any such system\u2014is a daunting task.<\/p>\n<p>Quantum states possess unique properties that can be exploited to develop novel information-processing systems. Two key properties, stability and distinguishability, are hard to achieve, however. Extracting information from a quantum system depends on the distinguishability of quantum states, an intrinsic property associated with a property known as orthogonality. Nevertheless, no two Gaussian states (a widely studied class of quantum states) are orthogonal, and this yields an unavoidable error when attempting to distinguish them.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, present quantum devices tend to remain stable only for a fraction of a second and require complex protocols to distinguish states. Now, researchers at MIT and the University of Ferrara have found a new approach for creating easily distinguishable states that could help enable the development of these new quantum-based devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers around the world are racing to develop new quantum-based systems for sensing, communication, computing and control that have the promise of outperforming traditional systems. Creating stable, measurable, distinguishable quantum states\u2014which would be the heart of any such system\u2014is a daunting task. Quantum states possess unique properties that can be exploited to develop novel information-processing [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}