International Conference on Quantum Information

Experimental Quantum State Estimation in Mutually Unbiased Bases

Robert B. A. Adamson, Aephraim M. Steinberg

Published Jan 1, 2008• 2 citations

Abstract

We present the first experiment in two-qubit quantum state tomography to take advantage of mutually unbiased bases. Measuring in these bases extracts the maximum information from a fixed number of copies of the state.

DOI: 10.1364/icqi.2008.qwb2

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