The Bloch-Vector Space for N-Level Systems: the Spherical-Coordinate Point of View

DOI10.1007/S11080-005-0919-YzbMATH Open1081.81019arXivquant-ph/0408014OpenAlexW2024766512MaRDI QIDQ3368404FDOQ3368404

Authors: Gen Kimura, Andrzej Kossakowski 

Publication date: 30 January 2006

Published in: Open Systems & Information Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Bloch-vector spaces for $N$-level systems are investigated from the spherical-coordinate point of view in order to understand their geometrical aspects. We show that the maximum radius in each direction, which is due to the construction of the Bloch-vector space, is determined by the minimum eigenvalue of the corresponding observable (orthogonal generator of SU(N)). From this fact, we reveal the dual property of the structure of the Bloch-vector space; if in some direction the space reachs the large sphere (pure state), then in the opposite direction the space can only get to the small sphere, and vice versa. Another application is a parameterization with simple ranges of density operators. We also provide three classes of quantum-state representation based on actual measurements beyond the Bloch vector and discuss their state-spaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0408014

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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