Chaos-Driven Quantum State Discrimination Near Unit Fidelity

Abstract: Distinguishing quantum states becomes exponentially difficult as their fidelity approaches unity, with diminishing success probabilities. This study revisits chaotic dynamics, leveraging their extreme sensitivity to initial conditions for rapid amplification of state discrimination measures. The discrete-time chaotic evolution of qubit states is generated via iterative application of a nonlinear conformal map on the Julia set. The "quantum microscope" is characterized by a magnification power quantified through a temporal Bell-type inequality. Fixed points of the conformal map are shown to dictate optimal measurement operators, enabling (a) well-defined magnification power and (b) bounded Bell-type inequality values, providing a device-independent framework for self-testing the microscopes performance.