A Brief Introduction to POVM Measurement in Quantum Communications

Abstract

This paper gives a brief introduction to Positive-Operator Valued Measure (POVM) of quantum communications. The Projection-Valued Measure (PVM) is first introduced and then the POVM. The relation between POVM and PVM is discussed and an example of POVM in practical measurement is given. This paper provides some insight of POVM measurement for quantum communications.