Reconstruction of the spin state
- 9 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 62 (1), 014101
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.62.014101
Abstract
An ensemble of spin- particles is observed repeatedly using Stern-Gerlach devices with varying orientations. Synthesis of such noncommuting observables is analyzed using the maximum likelihood estimation as an example of quantum-state reconstruction. Repeated incompatible observations represents a new generalized measurement. This idealized scheme will serve for analysis of future experiments in neutron and quantum optics.
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