Single qubit estimation from repeated unsharp measurements

DOI10.1002/PROP.200310009zbMATH Open1015.81013arXivquant-ph/0205150OpenAlexW2055701235MaRDI QIDQ4804142FDOQ4804142

Authors: Lajos Diósi 

Publication date: 10 April 2003

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: When estimating an unknown single pure qubit state, the optimum fidelity is 2/3. As it is well known, the value 2/3 can be achieved in one step, by a single ideal measurement of the polarization along a random direction. I analyze the opposite strategy which is the long sequence of unsharp polarization measurements. The evolution of the qubit under the influence of repeated measurements is quite complicated in the general case. Fortunately, in a certain limit of very unsharp measurements the qubit will obey simple stochastic evolution equations known for long under the name of time-continuous measurement theory. I discuss how the outcomes of the very unsharp measurements will asymptotically contribute to our knowledge of the original qubit. It is reassuring that the fidelity will achieve the optimum 2/3 for long enough sequences of the unsharp measurements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0205150

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zbMATH Keywords

repeated measurementsstochastic evolution equationsopen systemsoptimum fidelitypolarization along a random directiontime-continuous measurement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum stochastic calculus (81S25)

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