Quantum state smoothing as an optimal estimation problem with three different cost functions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2106.02354v1
• Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 09:12:22 GMT
• Title: Quantum state smoothing as an optimal estimation problem with three different cost functions
• Authors: Kiarn T. Laverick, Ivonne Guevara and Howard M. Wiseman
• Abstract summary: We show that the smoothed quantum state is an optimal state estimator. We derive the optimal state estimator, which we call the lustrated smoothed state.
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• Abstract: Quantum state smoothing is a technique to estimate an unknown true state of an open quantum system based on partial measurement information both prior and posterior to the time of interest. In this paper, we show that the smoothed quantum state is an optimal state estimator; that is, it minimizes a risk (expected cost) function. Specifically, we show that the smoothed quantum state is optimal with respect to two cost functions: the trace-square deviation from and the relative entropy to the unknown true state. However, when we consider a related risk function, the linear infidelity, we find, contrary to what one might expect, that the smoothed state is not optimal. For this case, we derive the optimal state estimator, which we call the lustrated smoothed state. It is a pure state, the eigenstate of the smoothed quantum state with the largest eigenvalue.

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