Description
Quantum state estimation is important for various quantum information processes, including quantum communications, computation, and metrology, which require the characterization of quantum states for evaluation and optimization. We present a three-stage adaptive method for estimating $d$-dimensional pure quantum states using Fisher symmetric measurements (FSM) and a single-shot measurement basis [1]. The result of this measurement is used to generate two FSMs that jointly estimate any pure state up to a null measure set. This estimate is used to adapt a third FMS, which provides the final estimate of the unknown state. Our approach achieves an average estimation infidelity very close to the Gill-Massar lower bound (GMB) without requiring prior information beyond the purity of the unknown state, extending the applicability of FSM to any unknown state. The total number of measurement outcomes of the method scales linearly as $7d-3$, avoiding the need for collective measurements on multiple copies of the unknown state. This work highlights the potential of adaptive estimation techniques in quantum state characterization while maintaining efficiency in the number of measurement outcomes.
[1] arXiv:2412.04555 (2024).
