Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
1997-01-23
Physics
Quantum Physics
12 pages, LaTeX with revtex, appeared in Journal of Fine Mechanics and Optics, n.11-12, p. 341 (1996)
Scientific paper
We derive an expression for a density operator estimated via Bayesian quantum inference in the limit of an infinite number of measurements. This expression is derived under the assumption that the reconstructed system is in a pure state. In this case the estimation corresponds to an averaging over a generalized microcanonical ensemble of pure states satisfying a set of constraints imposed by the measured mean values of the observables under consideration. We show that via the ``purification'' ansatz, statistical mixtures can also be consistently reconstructed via the quantum Bayesian inference scheme. In this case the estimation corresponds to averaging over the generalized canonical ensemble of states satisfying the given constraints, and the reconstructed density operator maximizes the von Neumann entropy (i.e., this density operator is equal to the generalized canonical density operator which follows from the Jaynes principle of maximum entropy). We study in detail the reconstruction of the spin-1/2 density operator and discuss the logical connection between the three reconstruction schemes, i.e., (1) quantum Bayesian inference, (2) reconstruction via the Jaynes principle of maximum entropy, and (3) discrete quantum tomography.
Adam Gerhard
Buzek Vladimir
Derka Radoslav
Knight Peter L.
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