Mutually unbiased bases

Two orthonormal bases and ℬ′ of a d-dimensional complex inner-product space are called mutually unbiased if and only if Klappenecker03constructions

\forall {x \in \mathcal{B}}\ \forall{ y\in\mathcal{B'}} |\langle x|y\rangle|^2=\frac{1}{d}

An example for d = 2

A simple example of a set of mutually unbiased bases in a 2 dimensional Hilbert space consists of the three bases composed of the eigenvectors of the Pauli matrices σx, σz and their product σxσz. The three bases are

{|0⟩,|1⟩}

{|0+|12,|0|12}

{|0+i|12,|0i|12}

which form a set of mutually unbiased bases.

See also

  • See the paper by Bengtssonbengtsson06three for a review.

References

Category:Mathematical Structure

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