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Phys. Rev. A 68, 012305 (2003) [7 pages]

Quantum inference of states and processes

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Miroslav Ježek*, Jaromír Fiurášek, and Zdeněk Hradil
Department of Optics, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 50, 77200 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Received 24 October 2002; published 9 July 2003

The maximum-likelihood principle unifies inference of quantum states and processes from experimental noisy data. Particularly, a generic quantum process may be estimated simultaneously with unknown quantum probe states, provided that measurements on probe and transformed probe states are available. Drawbacks of various approximate treatments are also considered.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.012305
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.68.012305
PACS:
03.67.Hk, 03.65.-w

*Electronic address: jezek@optics.upol.cz