在泛函分析 和量子信息科学 中，正算子值测度 （Positive operator valued measure, POVM ）是一种推广的测度 ，这种测度的值为希尔伯特空间 上半正定算子 。POVM是投影值测度 （Projection valued measure, PVM ） 的推广，相应地，POVM描述的量子测量 是PVM描述的量子测量 (称为投影测量) 的推广。
粗略比喻来说：POVM之于PVM，就如同混合态 之于纯态 一样。 混合态对于刻画一个较大系统的子系统的状态而言是必须的（见量子态的纯化 ）；类似地，POVM的概念则在刻画在较大系统上进行的投影测量对子系统的影响时自然地产生。
POVM是量子力学中最普遍的测量类型，也用于量子场论 。[ 1] 量子信息 领域有着广泛的应用。
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在最简单的情况下，POVM是有限维希尔伯特空间
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POVM与投影值测度 的不同之处在于，对于投影值测度，
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在量子力学 中，POVM的关键性质是它确定了结果空间上的一个概率测度，因此
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POVM的最简单情况推广了PVM的最简单情况，即PVM是一组和为恒等矩阵的正交投影
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PVM的概率公式与POVM的概率公式相同。一个重要的区别是POVM的元素不一定正交。因此，POVM元素的数量
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最简单的情况是，POVM元素作用于一个有限维希尔伯特空间且数目有限。奈马克扩张定理指出，若
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对于秩 为一的POVM的特殊情况，即存在某（未归一化的）向量
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一般情况下，等距同构和PVM可以通过定义[ 6] [ 7]
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无论哪种情况，对经过等距映射后的态进行该投影测量得到结果
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正算子值测量与投影测量的另一个区别在于它通常是不可重复的。若第一次测量得到结果
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它在
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假定有一量子系统对应的希尔伯特空间为二维的，其态要么是
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[ 3] :87 完美辨认非正交态的不可实现性是各种量子信息协议（如量子密碼學 、量子硬币翻转 量子貨幣 ）的基础。
退而求其次，实际能做到的最好效果是所谓无歧义量子态分辨（Unambigious quantum state discrimination, UQSD）：在系统处于
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然而这并不足以令人满意，这种方法无法用单一测量来探测
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这一结果称为 Ivanović-Dieks-Peres 极限，冠名于UQSD研究的先驱者.[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
由于这些POVM是秩为一的，可以看到通过前文叙述的构造投影测量的方法，便可在物理上实现这些POVM。将扩大后的希尔伯特空间中的三种可能的态分别标记为
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类似地，它在
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{\displaystyle U_{\text{UQSD}}|\varphi \rangle ={\sqrt {1-|\langle \varphi |\psi \rangle |}}|{\text{result φ}}\rangle +e^{-i\arg(\langle \varphi |\psi \rangle )}{\sqrt {|\langle \varphi |\psi \rangle |}}|{\text{result ?}}\rangle .}
于是投影测量便可以相同于POVM的概率来得到所要的结果。
这种POVM已在实验上用于区分一个光子的非正交偏振态。不过实现该POVM的投影测量与此处阐述的有轻微的不同。[ 13] [ 14]
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