Observable characteristics of pure quantum states
- 25 March 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (12) , 1547-1550
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.1547
Abstract
A pure state of a quantum-mechanical system, like a completely polarized state of light, is specified by the results of a few well-chosen experiments. We present a method for selecting such experiments, with applications to low-j angular momentum states.Keywords
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