Wright's conjecture on phase retrieval by position, Fourier, and unitary measurements

Let L2(R)L^2(\mathbb{R}) be the Hilbert space of square-integrable functions, let F\mathcal{F} denote the Fourier transform, and let

AQM={T:L2(R)L2(R,μ)T is unitary and μ is a Borel measure}.\mathcal{A}_{QM}=\left\{T:L^2(\mathbb{R})\rightarrow L^2(\mathbb{R},\mu)\mid T\text{ is unitary and }\mu\text{ is a Borel measure}\right\}.

A tuple of measurement operators does phase retrieval if its associated measurement data determine a state up to the relevant phase equivalence. Wright's conjecture. There exists a unitary operator TAQMT\in\mathcal{A}_{QM} such that (Id,F,T)(\operatorname{Id},\mathcal{F},T) does phase retrieval. This extends Pauli's phase-retrieval question by asking whether one additional unitary measurement, besides the identity and Fourier transform, suffices. The source attributes the conjecture to R. Wright and states that it remains open.

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Philippe Jaming and Martin Rathmair, “Uniqueness of phase retrieval from three measurements”, arXiv:2205.08753 (2022).

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