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Mutually unbiased measurements in finite dimensions

Quantum Physics 2015-06-18 v1

Abstract

We generalize the concept of mutually unbiased bases (MUB) to measurements which are not necessarily described by rank one projectors. As such, these measurements can be a useful tool to study the long standing problem of the existence of MUB. We derive their general form, and show that in a finite, dd-dimensional Hilbert space, one can construct a complete set of d+1d+1 mutually unbiased measurements. Beside of their intrinsic link to MUB, we show, that these measurements' statistics provide complete information about the state of the system. Moreover, they capture the physical essence of unbiasedness, and in particular, they satisfy non-trivial entropic uncertainty relation similar to d+1d+1 MUB.

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@article{arxiv.1401.2706,
  title  = {Mutually unbiased measurements in finite dimensions},
  author = {Amir Kalev and Gilad Gour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.2706},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages, 4 pages Supplementary Information, 1 figure

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