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arXiv:1906.06377 · International Conference on Micro- and Nano-Electronics (ICMNE)

The concept of weak measurements and the super-efficiency of quantum tomography

Yurii A. Kuznetsov, Yu. I. Bogdanov, B. I. Bantysh, Nadezhda A. Bogdanova

Published Mar 15, 2019• 4 citations
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Abstract

The quantum measurement procedure based on the Lorentz transformation formalism and weak perturbation of the system is considered. In the simple case of a single-qubit it turns out that one can perform 4-dimension pseudo-rotation along with ordinary 3-dimension rotations on the Bloch sphere. These pseudo-rotations are similar to the Lorentz transformation in special relativity theory. The extension of the Lorentz transformation for many-qubit systems is also considered. The quantum measurement protocols based on the Lorentz transformation are proposed. It has been shown that these protocols cease to form the decomposition of unity and could be superefficient providing the fidelity higher than any POVM-measurement protocol. However, one can perform the complement of the Lorentz protocol to POVMprotocol by an additional measurement operator. If the initial mixed state is close to the pure one this operator corresponds to weak perturbation of the state while the original Lorentz protocol sets the strong perturbations. As the result, the feedback provides an effective control of a quantum system introducing weak perturbations to the quantum state.

DOI
10.1117/12.2522078

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The method of quantum tomography, which allows us to track with high accuracy the evolution of multilevel quantum systems (qudits) in Hilbert spaces of various dimensions is presented. The developed algorithms for quantum control are based on the use of the spinor representation of the Lorentz transformation group. In the simplest case of one-qubit states, it turns out that, in addition to three-dimensional rotations on the Bloch sphere, one can introduce four-dimensional Lorentz pseudorotations, similar to the transformations of the special theory of relativity. We show that feedback through weakly perturbing adaptive quantum measurements turns out to be capable of providing high-precision control of the quantum system, while introducing only weak perturbations into the initial quantum state. It turns out that, together with the control of a quantum system through its weak perturbation, the developed algorithms for controlling the evolution of the state of a quantum system can be super-efficient, providing a higher measurement accuracy than any standard POVM (Positive-Operator Valued Measure) protocols. The results of the study are important for the development of optimal adaptive methods for quantum states and operations controlling. The results obtained are essential for the development of high-precision control methods for quantum information technologies.
Abstract A method of precision quantum measurements is proposed, which makes it possible to accurately track the states of multilevel quantum systems in Hilbert spaces of various dimensions. The developed quantum control algorithms are based on the use of the spinor representation of the Lorentz transformation group and its generalizations to the case of multilevel quantum systems. It is shown that feedback through weakly perturbing adaptive quantum measurements is capable of providing precise control of the quantum system, while introducing only weak perturbations in the initial quantum state.
We generalize our previous results of universal linear manipulations [Phys. Rev. A 63, 032304 (2001)] to investigate three types of nonlinear qubit transformations using measurement and quantum-based schemes. First, nonlinear rotations are studied. We rotate different parts of a Bloch sphere in opposite directions about the z axis. The second transformation is a map that sends a qubit to its orthogonal state. We consider the case in which the orthogonal state is applied to only a partial area of a Bloch sphere. We also study nonlinear general transformation, i.e., $(\ensuremath{\vartheta},\ensuremath{\varphi})\ensuremath{\rightarrow}(\ensuremath{\vartheta}\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\alpha},\ensuremath{\varphi}),$ again applied only to part of the Bloch sphere. In order to achieve these three operations, we consider different measurement preparations and derive the optimal average (instead of universal) quantum unitary transformations. We also introduce a simple method for a qubit measurement and its application to other cases.
We explore the use of weak quantum measurements for single-qubit quantum state tomography processes. Weak measurements are those where the coupling between the qubit and the measurement apparatus is weak; this results in the quantum state being disturbed less than in the case of a projective measurement. We employ a weak measurement tomography protocol developed by Das and Arvind, which they claim offers a new method of extracting information from quantum systems. We test the Das-Arvind scheme for various measurement strengths, and ensemble sizes, and reproduce their results using a sequential stochastic simulation. Lastly, we place these results in the context of current understanding of weak and projective measurements.
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