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Generating uniform quantum state ensembles with continuous measurement

Quantum Physics 2026-06-30 v1

Abstract

We investigate the generation of uniform quantum state ensembles via continuous measurement. Using the SU(d)SU(d) 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}
}

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29 pages, 8 figures