Unified Framework for Direct Characterization of Kraus Operators, Observables, Density Matrices, and Weak Values Without Weak Interaction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07789v1
• Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:40:07 GMT
• Title: Unified Framework for Direct Characterization of Kraus Operators, Observables, Density Matrices, and Weak Values Without Weak Interaction
• Authors: Sahil, Sohail,
• Abstract summary: Generalized quantum measurements are essential for modeling realistic processes in open quantum systems.<n>While quantum process tomography can fully characterize a POVM, it is resource-intensive and impractical when only specific POVM elements are of interest.<n>Direct quantum measurement tomography offers a more efficient alternative but typically relies on weak interactions and complex structures of the system.
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• Abstract: Generalized quantum measurements, described by positive operator-valued measures (POVMs), are essential for modeling realistic processes in open quantum systems. While quantum process tomography can fully characterize a POVM, it is resource-intensive and impractical when only specific POVM elements or matrix elements of a particular POVM element are of interest. Direct quantum measurement tomography offers a more efficient alternative but typically relies on weak interactions and complex structures of the system, environment, and probe as the dimension of the system increases, limiting its precision and scalability. Furthermore, characterizing a POVM element alone is insufficient to determine the underlying physical mechanism, as multiple Kraus operators can yield the same measurement statistics. In this work, we present a unified framework for the direct characterization of individual matrix elements of Kraus operators associated with specific POVM elements and arbitrary input states without requiring weak interaction, complex structures of the system-environment-probe or full process and state tomography. This framework naturally extends to projective measurements, enabling direct observable tomography, and to the characterization of unitary operations. Our method also captures modular and weak values of observables and Kraus operators, without invoking weak interaction approximations. We demonstrate potential implementations in optical systems, highlighting the experimental feasibility of our approach.

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