Canonical Coset Parameterization and the Bures Metric of the Three-level Quantum Systems (original) (raw)

Calculation of the Unitary part of the Bures Measure for N-level Quantum Systems

APS Meeting Abstracts, 2010

We use the canonical coset parametrization and provide a formula with the unitary part of the Bures measure for non-degenerate systems in terms of the product of even Euclidean balls. This formula is shown to be consistent with the sampling of random states through the generation of random unitary matrices.

Parametrizations of density matrices

Journal of Modern Optics, 2012

This article gives a brief overview of some recent progress in the characterization and parametrization of density matrices of finite dimensional systems. We discuss in some detail the Bloch-vector and Jarlskog parametrizations and mention briefly the coset parametrization. As applications of the Bloch parametrization we discuss the trace invariants for the case of time dependent Hamiltonians and in some detail the dynamics of three-level systems. Furthermore, the Bloch vector of two-qubit systems as well as the use of the polarization operator basis is indicated. As the main application of the Jarlskog parametrization we construct density matrices for composite systems. In addition, some recent related articles are mentioned without further discussion.

Under consideration for publication in Math. Struct. in Comp. Science Unitary invariants of qubit systems

2008

We give an algorithm allowing to construct bases of local unitary invariants of pure k-qubit states from the knowledge of polynomial covariants of the group of invertible local filtering operations. The simplest invariants obtained in this way are explicited and compared to various known entanglement measures. Complete sets of generators are obtained for up to four qubits, and the structure of the invariant algebras is discussed in detail. 1.

Orbits of quantum states and geometry of Bloch vectors for N -level systems

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 2004

Physical constraints such as positivity endow the set of quantum states with a rich geometry if the system dimension is greater than two. To shed some light on the complicated structure of the set of quantum states, we consider a stratification with strata given by unitary orbit manifolds, which can be identified with flag manifolds. The results are applied to study the geometry of the coherence vector for n-level quantum systems. It is shown that the unitary orbits can be naturally identified with spheres in R n 2 −1 only for n = 2. In higher dimensions the coherence vector only defines a non-surjective embedding into a closed ball. A detailed analysis of the three-level case is presented. Finally, a refined stratification in terms of symplectic orbits is considered.

Quantized normal matrices: some exact results and collective field formulation

Nuclear Physics B, 2005

We formulate and study a class of U (N )-invariant quantum mechanical models of large normal matrices with arbitrary rotation-invariant matrix potentials. We concentrate on the U (N ) singlet sector of these models. In the particular case of quadratic matrix potential, the singlet sector can be mapped by a similarity transformation onto the two-dimensional Calogero-Marchioro-Sutherland model at specific couplings. For this quadratic case we were able to solve the N −body Schrödinger equation and obtain infinite sets of singlet eigenstates of the matrix model with given total angular momentum. Our main object in this paper is to study the singlet sector in the collective field formalism, in the large-N limit. We obtain in this framework the ground state eigenvalue distribution and ground state energy for an arbitrary potential, and outline briefly the way to compute bona-fide quantum phase transitions in this class of models.

Bures measures over the spaces of two-and three-dimensional density matrices

2001

Due to considerable recent interest in the use of density matrices for a wide variety of purposes, including quantum computation, we present a general method for their parameterizations in terms of Euler angles. We assert that this is of more fundamental importance than (as several people have remarked to us) "just another parameterization of the density matrix." There are several uses to which this methodology can be put. One that has received particular attention is in the construction of certain distinguished (Bures) measures on the (n 2 − 1)-dimensional convex sets of n × n density matrices.

Unitary invariants of qubit systems

arXiv (Cornell University), 2006

We give an algorithm allowing to construct bases of local unitary invariants of pure k-qubit states from the knowledge of polynomial covariants of the group of invertible local filtering operations. The simplest invariants obtained in this way are explicited and compared to various known entanglement measures. Complete sets of generators are obtained for up to four qubits, and the structure of the invariant algebras is discussed in detail.

SU (4) Euler Angle Parameterization and Bipartite Density Matrices

2002

In quantum mechanics, sets of density matrices are important for numerous reasons. For example, their compact notation make them useful for describing decoherence and entanglement properties of multi-particle quantum systems. In particular, two two-state density matrices, otherwise known as two qubit density matrices, are important for their role in explaining quantum teleportation, dense coding, and computation theorems. The aim of this paper is to show an explicit parameterization for the Hilbert space of all two qubit density matrices. Such a parameterization would be extremely useful for numerical calculations concerning entanglement and other quantum information parameters. We would also like to know the properties of such parameterized two qubit density matrices; in particular, the representation of their convex sets, their subsets , and their set boundaries in terms of our parameterization. Here we present a generalized Euler angle parameterization for SU(4) and all possible two qubit density matrices as well as the corrected Haar Measures for SU(3) and SU(4) from this parameterization. The role of the parameterization in the Peres-Horodecki criteria will also be introduced as well as its usefulness in calculating entangled two qubit states.

On the Local Unitary Equivalence of States of Multi-partite Systems

Fortschritte der Physik, 2001

Two pure states of a multi-partite system are alway are related by a unitary transformation acting on the Hilbert space of the whole system. This transformation involves multi-partite transformations. On the other hand some quantum information protocols such as the quantum teleportation and quantum dense coding are based on equivalence of some classes of states of bi-partite systems under the action of local (one-particle) unitary operations. In this paper we address the question: "Under what conditions are the two states states, ̺ and σ, of a multi-partite system locally unitary equivalent?" We present a set of conditions which have to be satisfied in order that the two states are locally unitary equivalent. In addition, we study whether it is possible to prepare a state of a multi-qudit system. which is divided into two parts A and B, by unitary operations acting only on the systems A and B, separately.