How Continuous Quantum Measurements in Finite Dimensions Are Actually Discrete
- 11 May 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 98 (19) , 190403
Abstract
We show that in finite dimensions a quantum measurement with a continuous set of outcomes can be always realized as a continuous random choice of measurements with a finite number of outcomes.Keywords
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