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arXiv:2512.12518

Robustness analysis in static and dynamic quantum state tomography

Alan Chen, Shuixin Xiao, Hailan Ma, Daoyi Dong

quant-pheess.SYSubmitted Dec 14, 2025• Announced Dec 16, 2025• 0 citations
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Quantum state tomography is a core task in quantum system identification. Real experimental conditions often deviate from nominal designs, introducing errors in both the measurement devices and the Hamiltonian governing the system's dynamics. In this paper, we investigate the robustness of quantum state tomography against such perturbations in both static and dynamic settings using linear regression estimation. We derive explicit bounds that quantify how bounded errors in the measurement devices and the Hamiltonian affect the mean squared error (MSE) upper bound in each scenario. Numerical simulations for qubit systems illustrate how these bounds scale with resources.

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