A generalization of Margolus-Levitin bound

Abstract

The Margolus-Levitin lower bound on minimal time required for a state to be transformed into an orthogonal state is generalized. It is shown that for some initial states new bound is stronger than the Margolus-Levitin one.

6 pages, no figures; some comments added; final version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A