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Quantum state tomography from sequential measurement of two variables in a single setup

Quantum Physics 2013-10-22 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We demonstrate that the task of determining an unknown quantum state can be accomplished efficiently by making a sequential measurement of two observables A^\hat{A} and B^\hat{B}, provided that the two observables are chosen in such a way that their eigenstates may form bases connected by a discrete Fourier transform. The state can be pure or mixed, the dimension of the Hilbert space and the coupling strength are arbitrary, and the experimental setup is fixed. The concept of Moyal quasicharacteristic function is introduced for finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1303.7154,
  title  = {Quantum state tomography from sequential measurement of two variables in a single setup},
  author = {Antonio Di Lorenzo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.7154},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

16 pages, 2 figures, revtex4-1. Comments welcome. v2: sacrificed generality to clarity; v3: minor changes, references added

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