Efficient quantum state tomography with two complementary projective measurements

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15662v1
• Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:43:08 GMT
• Title: Efficient quantum state tomography with two complementary projective measurements
• Abstract summary: Quantum state tomography (QST) is of fundamental importance to characterize quantum systems in quantum information processing.<n>We present a novel QST protocol that utilizes Kirkwood-Dirac (KD) quasiprobability to reconstruct quantum states.<n>The full reconstruction of randomly generated 15-qubit mixed-state instances can be accomplished within 20 minutes under the GPU implementation.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Quantum state tomography (QST) is of fundamental importance to characterize quantum systems in quantum information processing, but its practical implementation is severely hindered by the exponential scaling of measurement and computational costs. In this paper, we present a novel QST protocol that utilizes Kirkwood-Dirac (KD) quasiprobability to reconstruct quantum states. First, it enables state reconstruction with only two complementary rank-one projective measurements, thus significantly reducing the measurement cost. Then, a complex logistic regression estimator is proposed to process collected KD data, together with a projected gradient algorithm to mitigate numerical instability and to accelerate convergence. The product-operator structure of KD quasiprobability is further exploited to reduce the computational cost. Finally, extensive experiments are implemented to confirm the validity of our protocol. Notably, the full reconstruction of randomly generated 15-qubit mixed-state instances can be accomplished within 20 minutes under the GPU implementation. These results suggest a promising route toward scalable QST and benchmarking large-scale quantum systems.

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