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A measurement scheme for purity based on two two-body gates

Quantum Physics 2012-10-02 v3

Abstract

A scheme for measuring the purity of a quantum system with a finite number of levels is presented. The method makes use of two square root of SWAP gates and only hinges on measurements performed on a reference system, prepared in a certain pure state and coupled with the target system. Neither tomographic methods, with the complete reconstruction of the state, nor interferometric setups is needed.

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@article{arxiv.1201.2736,
  title  = {A measurement scheme for purity based on two two-body gates},
  author = {Hiromichi Nakazato and Toru Tanaka and Kazuya Yuasa and Giuseppe Florio and Saverio Pascazio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.2736},
  year   = {2012}
}

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7pages, 1figure

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