Generating uniform quantum state ensembles with continuous measurement
Abstract
We investigate the generation of uniform quantum state ensembles via continuous measurement. Using the Bloch representation, we derive the associated Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations and identify geometric conditions under which homogeneous monitoring causes global convergence to the uniform pure-state ensemble. We then extend the analysis to mixed states, showing that homogeneous purity-dependent decoherence rates generate uniform Hilbert-Schmidt and Bures ensembles of qubit states through an effective nonlinear stochastic evolution. Additionally, we introduce a post-mixing protocol for qubits: target mixed-state ensembles are assembled by classically sampling trajectories generated with different fixed efficiencies (or decoherence rates). This provides an experimentally feasible route to reconstructing Hilbert-Schmidt and Bures-random mixed-state ensembles, demonstrating that continuous monitoring provides both an exact dynamical generator of Haar-random pure states and a practical route to constructing mixed-state ensembles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2606.31848,
title = {Generating uniform quantum state ensembles with continuous measurement},
author = {Theodore McKeever and Ahsan Nazir and Harry J. D. Miller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.31848},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
29 pages, 8 figures