Optimal Nonparametric Estimation of Phase-Space Representations for Non-Gaussian Continuous Variable Quantum States

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.22379v1
• Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:01:16 GMT
• Title: Optimal Nonparametric Estimation of Phase-Space Representations for Non-Gaussian Continuous Variable Quantum States
• Abstract summary: We further develop Kernel Quantum State Estimation (KQSE), a fully data-driven nonparametric method for continuous variable quantum state reconstruction and characterization.<n>KQSE combines a new kernel estimator of the characteristic function of the tomographic quadrature distribution with suitable kernel integral transformations.<n>The proposed theory applies equally to Gaussian and non-Gaussian continuous variable quantum states without imposing a Fock space cutoff.
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• Abstract: We further develop Kernel Quantum State Estimation (KQSE), a fully data-driven nonparametric method for continuous variable quantum state reconstruction and characterization, introduced in our recent work and rooted in nonparametric kernel density estimation (KDE). Unlike approaches relying on finite-dimensional basis truncations, parametric ansätze, or prior models, KQSE combines a new kernel estimator of the characteristic function of the tomographic quadrature distribution with suitable kernel integral transformations. The characteristic function is estimated directly from experimental homodyne or heterodyne data and subsequently transformed to estimate quantum state representations and characteristics, including the Wigner function and the density matrix kernel. Observing that several other physically relevant representations and characteristics admit transformations of a closely related form, we derive convergence rates for the corresponding broad class of KQSE-based estimators. The resulting framework covers all phase-space representations, the photon-number tomogram, trace products of quantum states, and purity. We derive mean squared error convergence rates for these kernel transformed estimators and show that the corresponding KQSE applications inherit the near optimal rate O(T^{-1}), where $T$ is the total number of measurements. The proposed theory applies equally to Gaussian and non-Gaussian continuous variable quantum states without imposing a Fock space cutoff. Numerical experiments on simulated Gaussian and non-Gaussian states and real homodyne data demonstrate the advantages of KQSE over state-of-the-art methods, establishing it as a statistically consistent and computationally modest framework for continuous variable quantum state estimation and characterization, particularly in the non-Gaussian regime.

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