High-fidelity tracking of the evolution of multilevel quantum states

Abstract

The method of quantum tomography, which allows us to track with high accuracy the evolution of multilevel quantum systems (qudits) in Hilbert spaces of various dimensions is presented. The developed algorithms for quantum control are based on the use of the spinor representation of the Lorentz transformation group. In the simplest case of one-qubit states, it turns out that, in addition to three-dimensional rotations on the Bloch sphere, one can introduce four-dimensional Lorentz pseudorotations, similar to the transformations of the special theory of relativity. We show that feedback through weakly perturbing adaptive quantum measurements turns out to be capable of providing high-precision control of the quantum system, while introducing only weak perturbations into the initial quantum state. It turns out that, together with the control of a quantum system through its weak perturbation, the developed algorithms for controlling the evolution of the state of a quantum system can be super-efficient, providing a higher measurement accuracy than any standard POVM (PositiveOperator Valued Measure) protocols. The results of the study are important for the development of optimal adaptive methods for quantum states and operations controlling.