Experimentally efficient methods for estimating the performance of quantum measurements
Abstract
Efficient methods for characterizing the performance of quantum measurements are important in the experimental quantum sciences. Ideally, one requires both a physically relevant distinguishability measure between measurement operations and a well-defined experimental procedure for estimating the distinguishability measure. Here, we propose the average measurement fidelity and error between quantum measurements as distinguishability measures. We present protocols for obtaining bounds on these quantities that are both estimable using experimentally accessible quantities and scalable in the size of the quantum system. We explain why the bounds should be valid in large generality and illustrate the method via numerical examples.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1301.5037,
title = {Experimentally efficient methods for estimating the performance of quantum measurements},
author = {Easwar Magesan and Paola Cappellaro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.5037},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
20 pages, 1 figure. Expanded details and typos corrected. Accepted version