Source code for toqito.rand.random_povm

"""Generates a random POVM."""

import numpy as np


[docs] def random_povm(dim: int, num_inputs: int, num_outputs: int, seed: int | None = None) -> np.ndarray: r"""Generate random positive operator valued measurements (POVMs) [@WikiPOVM]. Randomness model ---------------- For each input we draw \(n_{\text{out}}\) matrices from the real Ginibre ensemble, i.e., each entry is sampled independently from the standard normal distribution using ``numpy``'s ``default_rng``. We interpret these matrices as Kraus operators \(A_{x,a}\) and normalize them so that the measurement is complete. Concretely, for each input \(x\) we form \[ G_x = \sum_a A_{x,a}^\dagger A_{x,a}, \qquad B_{x,a} = G_x^{-1/2} A_{x,a}, \qquad M_{x,a} = B_{x,a}^\dagger B_{x,a}. \] The matrices \(M_{x,a}\) constitute a POVM satisfying \(\sum_a M_{x,a} = \mathbb{I}\). This procedure induces the (Hilbert–Schmidt) normalized Wishart measure on the POVM effects. Supplying ``seed`` reproduces the same sample sequence. Examples: We can generate a set of `dim`-by-`dim` POVMs consisting of a specific dimension along with a given number of measurement inputs and measurement outputs. As an example, we can construct a random set of \(2\)-by-\(2\) POVMs of dimension with \(2\) inputs and \(2\) outputs. ```python exec="1" source="above" session="povm_example" import numpy as np from toqito.rand import random_povm dim, num_inputs, num_outputs = 2, 2, 2 povms = random_povm(dim, num_inputs, num_outputs) print(povms) ``` We can verify that this constitutes a valid set of POVM elements as checking that these operators all sum to the identity operator. ```python exec="1" source="above" session="povm_example" print(np.round(povms[:, :, 0, 0] + povms[:, :, 0, 1])) ``` It is also possible to add a seed for reproducibility. ```python exec="1" source="above" session="povm_example" import numpy as np from toqito.rand import random_povm dim, num_inputs, num_outputs = 2, 2, 2 povms = random_povm(dim, num_inputs, num_outputs, seed=42) print(povms) ``` We can once again verify that this constitutes a valid set of POVM elements as checking that these operators all sum to the identity operator. ```python exec="1" source="above" session="povm_example" print(np.round(povms[:, :, 0, 0] + povms[:, :, 0, 1])) ``` Args: dim: The dimensions of the measurements. num_inputs: The number of inputs for the measurement. num_outputs: The number of outputs for the measurement. seed: A seed used to instantiate numpy's random number generator (Ginibre sampling). Returns: A set of `dim`-by-`dim` POVMs of shape `(dim, dim, num_inputs, num_outputs)`. """ povms = [] gen = np.random.default_rng(seed=seed) gram_vectors = gen.normal(size=(num_inputs, num_outputs, dim, dim)) for input_block in gram_vectors: normalizer = sum(np.array(output_block).T.conj() @ output_block for output_block in input_block) u_mat, d_mat, _ = np.linalg.svd(normalizer) output_povms = [] for output_block in input_block: partial = np.array(output_block, dtype=complex).dot(u_mat).dot(np.diag(d_mat ** (-1 / 2.0))) internal = partial.dot(np.diag(np.ones(dim)) ** (1 / 2.0)) output_povms.append(internal.T.conj() @ internal) povms.append(output_povms) # This allows us to index the POVMs as [dim, dim, num_inputs, num_outputs]. povms = np.swapaxes(np.array(povms), 0, 2) povms = np.swapaxes(povms, 1, 3) return povms