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View SchemaBell states, mutually unbiased bases and the Mean King's problem
| Authors | Thomas Durt |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0401037 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0401037 |
Abstract
When the state of a quantum system belongs to a N-dimensional Hilbert space, with N the power of a prime number, it is possible to associate to the system a finite field (Galois field) with N elements. In this paper, we introduce generalized Bell states that can be intrinsically expressed in terms of the field operations.These Bell states are in one to one correspondence with the N^2 elements of the generalised Pauli group or Heisenberg-Weyl group. This group consists of discrete displacement operators and provides a discrete realisation of the Weyl function.Thanks to the properties of generalised Bell states and of quadratic extensions of finite fields, we derive a particular solution for the Mean King's problem. This solution is in turn shown to be in one to one correspondence with a set of N^2 self-adjoint operators that provides a discrete realisation of the Wigner quasi-distribution.
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"title": "Bell states, mutually unbiased bases and the Mean King\u0027s problem",
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