Quorum of observables for universal quantum estimation

Abstract

Any method for estimating the ensemble average of arbitrary operator (observables or not, including the density matrix) relates the quantity of interest to a complete set of observables, i.e. a quorum}. This corresponds to an expansion on an irreducible set of operators in the Liouville space. We give two general characterizations of these sets. All the known unbiased reconstruction techniques, i.e. ``quantum tomographies'', can be described in this framework. New operatorial resolutions are given that can be used to implement novel reconstruction schemes.

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