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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

The Bloch Vector forN-Level Systems

Gen Kimura

Published Jan 1, 2003• 26 citations
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Abstract

We explicitly determine the Bloch-vector space for arbitrary N -level systems, which generalizes a familiar Bloch ball in 2-level systems.
DOI
10.1143/jpsjs.72sc.185

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