Measurimg polynomial functions of states

  • Authors:
  • Todd A. Bruni

  • Affiliations:
  • Communication Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  • Venue:
  • Quantum Information & Computation
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper I show that any mth-degree polynomial function of the elements of the density matrix ρ can be determined by finding the expectation value of an observable on m copies of ρ, without performing state tomography. Since a circuit exists which can approximate the measurement of any observable, in principle one can find a circuit which will estimate any such polynomial function by averaging over many runs. I construct some simple examples and compare these results to existing procedures.