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A set of $4d-3$ observables to determine any pure qudit state

Quantum Physics 2023-01-27 v1

Abstract

We present a tomographic method which requires only 4d34d-3 measurement outcomes to reconstruct \emph{any} pure quantum state of arbitrary dimension dd. Using the proposed scheme we have experimentally reconstructed a large number of pure states of dimension d=7d=7, obtaining a mean fidelity of 0.940.94. Moreover, we performed numerical simulations of the reconstruction process, verifying the feasibility of the method for higher dimensions. In addition, the \emph{a priori} assumption of purity can be certified within the same set of measurements, what represents an improvement with respect to other similar methods and contributes to answer the question of how many observables are needed to uniquely determine any pure state.

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@article{arxiv.1903.05709,
  title  = {A set of $4d-3$ observables to determine any pure qudit state},
  author = {Quimey Pears Stefano and Lorena Rebón and Silvia Ledesma and Claudio Iemmi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.05709},
  year   = {2023}
}