Stronger Quantum Speed Limit for Mixed Quantum States

Entropy (Basel). 2023 Jul 12;25(7):1046. doi: 10.3390/e25071046.

Abstract

In this paper, we derive a quantum speed limit for unitary evolution for the case of mixed quantum states using the stronger uncertainty relation for mixed quantum states. This bound can be optimized over different choices of Hermitian operators for a better bound. We illustrate this with some examples and show its better performance with respect to three existing bounds for mixed quantum states.

Keywords: mixed quantum states; quantum speed limit; time-energy uncertainty relation.