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Graphical representation of generalized quantum measurements

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We present graphical representation for genaralized quantum measurements (POVM). We represent POVM elements as Bloch vectors and find the conditions these vectors should satisfy in order to describe realizable physical measurements. We show how to find probability of measurement outcome in a graphical way. The whole formalism is applied to unambigous discrimination of nonorthogonal quantum states.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0604189,
  title  = {Graphical representation of generalized quantum measurements},
  author = {Pawel Kurzynski and Andrzej Grudka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0604189},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Pedagogical paper, comments welcome