Approximating incompatible von Neumann measurements simultaneously

Teiko Mikael Heinosaari, Maria Anastasia Jivulescu, D. Reitzner, M. Ziman

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Abstract

We study the problem of performing orthogonal qubit measurements simultaneously. Since these measurements are incompatible, one has to accept additional imprecision. An optimal joint measurement is the one with the least possible imprecision. All earlier considerations of this problem have concerned only joint measurability of observables, while in this work we also take into account conditional state transformations (i.e., instruments). We characterize the optimal joint instrument for two orthogonal von Neumann instruments as being the Lüders instrument of the optimal joint observable.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPhysical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Vol/bind82
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)032328
Antal sider9
ISSN2469-9926
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 28 sep. 2010

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