Reconstructing the density matrix of a spin s through Stern-Gerlach measurements:: II

被引：27

作者：

Amiet, JP ^{[1
]}

Weigert, S ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Neuchatel, Inst Phys, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland

来源：

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL | 1999年 / 32卷 / 25期

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D O I：

10.1088/0305-4470/32/25/101

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

The density matrix of a spin s is fixed uniquely if the probabilites to obtain the value s upon measuring (n) over right arrow . (s) over right arrow are known for 4s(s + 1) appropriately chosen directions (n) over right arrow in space. These numbers are just the expectation values of the density operator in coherent spin stares, and they are easily obtained in an experiment carried out with a Stern-Gerlach apparatus. Furthermore, the experimental data is non-redundant, and it can be inverted explicitly which allows for a parametrization of the statistical operator by the 4s(s + 1) positive parameters.

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