Anytime-Valid Quantum State Tomography via Confidence Sequences

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Autores principales: Cumitini, Aldo, Barletta, Luca, Simeone, Osvaldo
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author Cumitini, Aldo
Barletta, Luca
Simeone, Osvaldo
author_facet Cumitini, Aldo
Barletta, Luca
Simeone, Osvaldo
contents In this letter, we address the problem of developing quantum state tomography (QST) methods that remain valid at any time during a sequence of measurements. Specifically, the aim is to provide a rigorous quantification of the uncertainty associated with the current state estimate as data are acquired incrementally. To this end, the proposed framework augments existing QST techniques by associating current point estimates of the state with confidence sets that are guaranteed to contain the true quantum state with a user-defined probability. The methodology is grounded in recent statistical advances in anytime-valid confidence sequences. Numerical results confirm the theoretical coverage properties of the proposed anytime-valid QST.
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spellingShingle Anytime-Valid Quantum State Tomography via Confidence Sequences
Cumitini, Aldo
Barletta, Luca
Simeone, Osvaldo
Information Theory
Statistics Theory
In this letter, we address the problem of developing quantum state tomography (QST) methods that remain valid at any time during a sequence of measurements. Specifically, the aim is to provide a rigorous quantification of the uncertainty associated with the current state estimate as data are acquired incrementally. To this end, the proposed framework augments existing QST techniques by associating current point estimates of the state with confidence sets that are guaranteed to contain the true quantum state with a user-defined probability. The methodology is grounded in recent statistical advances in anytime-valid confidence sequences. Numerical results confirm the theoretical coverage properties of the proposed anytime-valid QST.
title Anytime-Valid Quantum State Tomography via Confidence Sequences
topic Information Theory
Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20761