Experimental characterization of qutrits using SIC-POVMs

Details Experimental characterization of qutrits using SIC-POVMs Experimental characterization of qutrits using SIC-POVMs

2010-06-25

arxiv.org/abs/1006.4905v1

Phys. Rev. A 83, 051801(R) (2011) [4 pages]

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PRL

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.83.051801

Generalized quantum measurements (also known as POVMs) are of great importance in quantum information and quantum foundations, but often difficult to perform. We present an experimental approach which can in principle be used to perform arbitrary POVMs in a linear-optical context. One of the most interesting POVMs, the SIC-POVM, is the most compact, set of measurements that can be used to fully describe a quantum state. We use our technique to carry out the first experimental characterization of the state of a qutrit using SIC-POVMs. Because of the highly symmetric nature of this measurement, such a representation has the unique property that it permits all other measurement outcomes to be predicted by a simple extension of the classical Bayesian sum rule, making no use of complex amplitudes or Hilbert-space operators. We demonstrate this approach on several qutrit states encoded in single photons.

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