Constructions on Real Approximate Mutually Unbiased Bases

Abstract

Mutually unbiased bases (MUB) have many applications in quantum information processing and quantum cryptography. Several complex MUB's in $\mathbb{C}^d$ for some dimension $d$ and with larger size have been constructed. On the other hand, real MUB's with larger size are rare which lead to consider constructing approximate MUB (AMUB). In this paper we present a general and useful way to get real AMUB in $\mathbb{R}^{2d}$ from any complex AMUB in $\mathbb{C}^d$. From this method we present many new series of real AMUB's with parameters better than previous results.