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Programmable quantum measurement device that approximates all projective measurements on a qubit

✍ Scribed by J. Fiurášek; M. Dušek; R. Filip


Book ID
105357245
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
72 KB
Volume
51
Category
Article
ISSN
0015-8208

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

A “universal” quantum measurement device is proposed. It can approximate any projective measurement on a qubit. The measurement basis is selected by the quantum state of a “program register''. The device is optimized with respect to maximal average fidelity. A contra‐intuitive result is that if two qubits in the same state are used as a program the average fidelity is higher than if the second program qubit is in the respective orthogonal state.