Reconstructing the density matrix of a spin s through Stern-Gerlach measurements (II)

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1999-03-19

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9903067v1

J. Phys. A 32 (1999) L269

Physics

Quantum Physics

Latex, 8 pages

Scientific paper

10.1088/0305-4470/32/25/101

The density matrix of a spin s is fixed uniquely if the probabilities to obtain the value s upon measuring n.S are known for 4s(s+1) appropriately chosen directions n in space. These numbers are just the expectation values of the density operator in coherent spin states, and they can be determined in an experiment carried out with a Stern-Gerlach apparatus. Furthermore, the experimental data can be inverted providing thus a parametrization of the statistical operator by 4s(s+1) positive parameters.

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