POVM Toolbox

A toolbox for the implementation of positive operator-valued measures (POVMs).

Warning

This toolbox is still in development! Breaking changes to the API may be introduced at any time without prior warning.

Installation

You can install this code via pip:

git clone git@github.com:qiskit-community/povm-toolbox.git
cd povm-toolbox
pip install .

Make sure that you have the correct Python environment active, into which you want to install this code, before running the above.

Getting started

Be sure to check out our tutorials to get started with this toolbox.

Citation

If you use this project, please cite the following reference:

Laurin E. Fischer, Timothée Dao, Ivano Tavernelli, and Francesco Tacchino; “Dual-frame optimization for informationally complete quantum measurements”; Phys. Rev. A 109, 062415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.109.062415