Minimax estimation of the Wigner function in quantum homodyne tomography with ideal detectors

Mathematical Methods of Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Guta M ^a   Artiles, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

kernel estimator; minimax efficient rates; nonparametric statistics; Quantum Homodyne Tomography; Wigner function

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649139011     PISSN: 10665307     EISSN: 19348045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S1066530707010012     Document Type: Article

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