arXiv:quant-ph/0510124 · International Journal of Modern Physics B
ANGULAR MOMENTUM AND MUTUALLY UNBIASED BASES
M. Kibler
Abstract
The Lie algebra of the group SU 2 is constructed from two deformed oscillator algebras for which the deformation parameter is a root of unity. This leads to an unusual quantization scheme, the {J2, Ur} scheme, an alternative to the familiar {J2, Jz} quantization scheme corresponding to common eigenvectors of the Casimir operator J2 and the Cartan operator Jz. A connection is established between the eigenvectors of the complete set of commuting operators {J2, Ur} and mutually unbiased bases in spaces of constant angular momentum.