학술논문

Quantum tomography in position and momentum space
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Eur. Phys. J. D. 66, 222 (2012)
Subject
Quantum Physics
Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
Language
Abstract
We introduce a method of quantum tomography for a continuous variable system in position and momentum space. We consider a single two-level probe interacting with a quantum harmonic oscillator by means of a class of Hamiltonians, linear in position and momentum variables, during a tunable time span. We study two cases: the reconstruction of the wavefunctions of pure states and the direct measurement of the density matrix of mixed states. We show that our method can be applied to several physical systems where high quantum control can be experimentally achieved.
Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures. To be published in EPJD