Maximum-likelihood method in quantum estimation

M. G. A. Paris, G. M. D'Ariano, M. F. Sacchi

备注：: 12 pages, 4 figures
发表信息：: In ``Bayesian inference and maximum entropy methods in science and engineering'' (AIP Conf. Proc. 568) p. 456 (2001).
DOI：: 10.1063/1.1381908

英文摘要：

The maximum-likelihood method for quantum estimation is reviewed and applied to the reconstruction of density matrix of spin and radiation as well as to the determination of several parameters of interest in quantum optics.

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