The overlap measurement scheme accomplishes the evaluation of the overlap of two input quantum states by only measuring an introduced auxiliary qubit, irrespective of the complexity of the two input states. We find a counterintuitive phenomenon that no quantum dissonance can be found in the process of overlap measurement scheme, even though the auxiliary qubit might be entangled, classically correlated, or even uncorrelated with the two input states based on different types of input states. In principle, this provides an opposite but supplementary example to the remarkable algorithm of the deterministic quantum computation with one qubit in which no entanglement is present but quantum dissonance is necessary. Finally, we consider a simple overlap measurement model to demonstrate the continuous change (including potential sudden death of quantum discord) of the input states from entangled to product states by only adjusting some initial parameters.

• Received 27 March 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.052317