Classical and quantum-mechanical state reconstruction
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Publication:2844707
DOI10.1088/0143-0807/33/4/921zbMATH Open1271.81047arXiv1112.3164OpenAlexW3101939940WikidataQ99713228 ScholiaQ99713228MaRDI QIDQ2844707FDOQ2844707
M. Revzen, F. C. Khanna, Pier A. Mello
Publication date: 19 August 2013
Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We review the problem of state reconstruction in classical and in quantum physics, which is rarely considered at the textbook level. We review a method for retrieving a classical state in phase space, similar to that used in medical imaging known as Computer Aided Tomography. We explain how this method can be taken over to quantum mechanics, where it leads to a description of the quantum state in terms of the Wigner function which, although may take on negative values, plays the role of the probability density in phase space in classical physics. We explain another approach to quantum state reconstruction based on the notion of Mutually Unbiased Bases, and indicate the relation between these two approaches. Both are for a continuous, infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. We then study the finite-dimensional case and show how the second method, based on Mutually Unbiased Bases, can be used for state reconstruction.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.3164
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