Formula Sheet 2 god help me

Checks

Pure state

$$\begin{array}{rl}\mathrm{Tr}({\rho }^2)=1& \Rightarrow \text{pure}\\ \mathrm{Tr}({\rho }^2)<1& \Rightarrow \text{mixed}\\ \mathrm{Tr}({\rho }^2)=\frac{1}{d}& \Rightarrow \text{max. mixed}\end{array}$$

Hermitian

$$A^{†}=A$$

Unitary

$$U^{†}U=I$$

Entangled

State is entangled iff it cannot be written as  
$|\psi ⟩\ne |{\psi }_1⟩\otimes |{\psi }_2⟩$.

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Tensor Product

Vectors  

$$\left(\begin{array}{c}a\\ b\end{array}\right)\otimes \left(\begin{array}{c}c\\ d\end{array}\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c}ac\\ ad\\ bc\\ bd\end{array}\right)$$

Matrices  

$$(A\otimes B)(C\otimes D)=(AC)\otimes (BD)$$

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Dirac & Completeness

$$|a⟩=\sum _i{a}_i|v_i⟩,⟨a|={|a⟩}^{†},\sum _i|v_i⟩⟨v_i|=I$$

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Complex Numbers / Euler

$$e^{i\theta }=\cos \theta +i\sin \theta ,\cos \theta =\frac{e^{i\theta }+e^{-i\theta }}{2},\sin \theta =\frac{e^{i\theta }-e^{-i\theta }}{2i}$$

Modulus: $|z{|}^2=z{z}^{\ast }$.
if something is observable the eigenvalues must be real

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Qubit States & Bloch Sphere

$$|\psi (\theta ,\varphi )⟩=\cos \frac{\theta }{2}|0⟩+e^{i\varphi }\sin \frac{\theta }{2}|1⟩$$

Bloch vector $\vec{r}=(\sin \theta \cos \varphi ,\sin \theta \sin \varphi ,\cos \theta )$,  
$\rho =\frac{1}{2}(I+\vec{r}\cdot \vec{\sigma })$.

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Pauli Matrices & Spin-½

$${\sigma }_x=\left(\begin{array}{cc}0& 1\\ 1& 0\end{array}\right),{\sigma }_y=\left(\begin{array}{cc}0& -i\\ i& 0\end{array}\right),{\sigma }_z=\left(\begin{array}{cc}1& 0\\ 0& -1\end{array}\right)$$ $$S_i=\frac{\hslash }{2}{\sigma }_i,[S_x,S_y]=i\hslash S_z(\text{cyclic})$$

Spin length: $S^2=S_x^2+S_y^2+S_z^2=\frac{3}{4}{\hslash }^2$.

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Measurement (Born Rule)

Pure: $P(a_j)=|⟨a_j|\psi ⟩{|}^2$  
Mixed: $P(a_j)=\mathrm{Tr}(\rho P_j)$ where $P_j=|a_j⟩⟨a_j|$.
Expectation: $⟨A⟩=\mathrm{Tr}(\rho A)$,  
Variance $(\Delta A{)}^2=⟨A^2⟩-⟨A{⟩}^2$.

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Density Matrix Tools

• Purity $\gamma =\mathrm{Tr}({\rho }^2)$ (see checks above).  
• Partial trace: ${\rho }_A={\mathrm{Tr}}_B({\rho }_{AB})$.

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Uncertainty Principle

$$\Delta A\Delta B\ge \frac{1}{2}|⟨[A,B]⟩|$$

For spin: $\Delta S_x\Delta S_y\ge \frac{\hslash }{2}|⟨S_z⟩|$.

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Time Evolution

$$i\hslash \frac{d}{dt}|\psi (t)⟩=H|\psi (t)⟩,|\psi (t)⟩=e^{-iHt/\hslash }|\psi (0)⟩$$

Density matrix: $\rho (t)=U(t)\rho (0)U^{†}(t)$.

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Bell States

$$\begin{array}{rl}|{\Phi }^{\pm }⟩& =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|00⟩\pm |11⟩),\\ |{\Psi }^{\pm }⟩& =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(|01⟩\pm |10⟩)\end{array}$$

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50 : 50 Beam-Splitter (for photon path qubit)

$$U_{\text{BS}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(\begin{array}{cc}1& 1\\ 1& -1\end{array}\right)$$

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Quick Identities

• $(AB{)}^{†}=B^{†}{A}^{†}$
• $[A,B]=0\Rightarrow$ common eigenbasis.
• $\mathrm{Tr}(A\otimes B)=\mathrm{Tr}A\mathrm{Tr}B$
• Mod-squared amplitude: $|⟨a|\psi ⟩{|}^2\to$ probability.