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We present an analysis of the time domain measurement of temporally resolvable quantum states using balanced homodyne detection. Our approach outlines a formalism of detecting quantum states in arbitrary temporal modes via projection of the…

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We describe a quantum state tomography scheme which is applicable to a system described in a Hilbert space of arbitrary finite dimensionality and is constructed from sequences of two measurements. The scheme consists of measuring the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Amir Kalev , Pier A. Mello

We present an approach to Bayesian mean estimation of quantum states using hyperspherical parametrization and an experiment-specific likelihood which allows utilization of all available data, even when qubits are lost. With this method, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 Brian P. Williams , Pavel Lougovski

The Bayesian formalism for a continuous measurement of solid-state qubits is derived for a model which takes into account several factors of the detector nonideality. In particular, we consider additional classical output and backaction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Alexander N. Korotkov

We describe a novel tool for the quantum characterization of optical devices. The experimental setup involves a stable reference state that undergoes an unknown quantum transformation and is then revealed by balanced homodyne detection.…

In the framework of noisy quantum homodyne tomography with efficiency parameter $1/2 < \eta \leq 1$, we propose a novel estimator of a quantum state whose density matrix elements $\rho_{m,n}$ decrease like $Ce^{-B(m+n)^{r/ 2}}$, for fixed…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-02-11 P Alquier , K Meziani , G Peyré

Continuous-variable quantum systems are foundational to quantum computation, communication, and sensing. While traditional representations using wave functions or density matrices are often impractical, the tomographic picture of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Liubov A. Markovich , Xiaoyu Liu , Jordi Tura

Bayesian inference is a powerful paradigm for quantum state tomography, treating uncertainty in meaningful and informative ways. Yet the numerical challenges associated with sampling from complex probability distributions hampers Bayesian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-04 Joseph M. Lukens , Kody J. H. Law , Ajay Jasra , Pavel Lougovski

The generation and detection of squeezed light through spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal up to a frequency of 3.5 GHz is presented. We characterize the quantum state with balanced homodyne detection, leveraging a…

The full characterization of quantum states of light is a central task in quantum optics and information science. Double homodyne detection provides a powerful method for the direct measurement of the Husimi Q quasi-probability…

We address the experimental estimation of Gaussian quantum discord for two-mode squeezed thermal state, and demonstrate a measurement scheme based on a pair of homodyne detectors assisted by Bayesian analysis which provides nearly optimal…

We study the problem of quantum-state tomography under the assumption that the state of the system is close to pure. In this context, an efficient measurements that one typically formulates uniquely identify a pure state from within the set…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-11 Amir Kalev , Charles H. Baldwin , Ivan H. Deutsch

We precise for the first time the quantum behavior of a measurement apparatus in the framework of the usual interpretation of quantum physics. We show how such a behavior can also be studied by the retrodiction of pre-measurement states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-01 Taoufik Amri

We discuss a recently developed formalism which describes the quantum evolution of a solid-state qubit due to its continuous measurement. In contrast to the conventional ensemble-averaged formalism, it takes into account the measurement…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander N. Korotkov

Continuous-variable (CV) photonic states are of increasing interest in quantum information science, bolstered by features such as deterministic resource state generation and error correction via bosonic codes. Data-efficient…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-22 Joseph C. Chapman , Joseph M. Lukens , Bing Qi , Raphael C. Pooser , Nicholas A. Peters

Quantum state tomography is a technique in quantum information science used to reconstruct the density matrix of an unknown quantum state, providing complete information about the quantum state. It is of significant importance in fields…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-23 Wenlong Zhao , Da Zhang , Huili Zhang , Haifeng Yu , Zhang-qi Yin

We study quantum state estimation problems where the reference system with respect to which the state is measured should itself be treated quantum mechanically. In this situation, the difference between the system and the reference tends to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-22 N. Gisin , S. Iblisdir

In quantum physics, all measured observables are subject to statistical uncertainties, which arise from the quantum nature as well as the experimental technique. We consider the statistical uncertainty of the so-called sampling method, in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-06-08 Thomas Kiesel

The outcome statistics of an informationally complete quantum measurement for a system in a given state can be used to evaluate the ensemble expectation of any linear operator in the same state, by averaging a function of the outcomes that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-12-21 G. M. D'Ariano , D. F. Magnani , P. Perinotti

The number of times that we can access a system to extract information via quantum metrology is always finite, and possibly small, and realistic amounts of prior knowledge tend to be moderate. Thus theoretical consistency demands a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-02 Jesús Rubio