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Reconstructing the Discrete Wigner Function through Complementary Measurements

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We report a novel algorithm to reconstruct the discrete Wigner function of aquantum system from a set of non-redundant measurements on an ensemble of identically prepared systems. Not surprisingly, the necessary von Neumann measurements form a complementary set.

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Asplund, R., Björk, G. (2002). Reconstructing the Discrete Wigner Function through Complementary Measurements. In: Tombesi, P., Hirota, O. (eds) Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47114-0_18

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