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Mutually unbiased bases and Hadamard matrices of order six

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Bengtsson, Ingemar, Bruzda, Wojciech, Ericsson, Åsa, Larsson, Jan-Åke, Tadej, Wojciech, Życzkowski, Karol·2007·Journal of Mathematical Physics

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We report on a search for mutually unbiased bases (MUBs) in six dimensions. We find only triplets of MUBs, and thus do not come close to the theoretical upper bound 7. However, we point out that the natural habitat for sets of MUBs is the set of all complex Hadamard matrices of the given order, and we introduce a natural notion of distance between bases in Hilbert space. This allows us to draw a detailed map of where in the landscape the MUB triplets are situated. We use available tools, such as the theory of the discrete Fourier transform, to organize our results. Finally, we present some evidence for the conjecture that there exists a four dimensional family of complex Hadamard matrices of order 6. If this conjecture is true the landscape in which one may search for MUBs is much larger than previously thought.

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  • In the N = {2,3,5} case, all CHMs are equivalent to the respective FT matrix, while for N = 4 there exists a one parameter equivalence class.

    “In the N = { 2 , 3 , 5 } case, all CHMs are equivalent to the respective FT matrix, while for N = 4 there exists a one parameter equivalence class.”

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Authors
Bengtsson, I., Bruzda, W., Ericsson, Å., Larsson, J.-Å., Tadej, W., & Życzkowski, K.
Affiliations
  • Stockholm University (SE)
  • Jagiellonian University (PL)
  • Linköping University (SE)
  • Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (PL)
Venue
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Published
2007-05-01
Volume
48
Issue
5
ISSN
  • 0022-2488 (ISSN-L)
  • 1089-7658
OpenAlex
W1983735761
Cited by
130
References
24
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16.16
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journal article
Language
en
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  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Coding theory and cryptography
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Keywords
mutually unbiased bases, complex Hadamard matrices, discrete Fourier transform

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