quantumensembles
nounA quantum ensemble is a big group of tiny particles that are all described together by the same set of rules.
The physicist studied a quantum ensemble of atoms to see how they behaved as a group.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In statistical physics, a collection of many identical quantum systems each in a possibly different state, used to compute average properties.
The density matrix of the quantum ensemble encoded the probabilities of each possible state.
3. A set of quantum states prepared by the same experimental procedure, representing our knowledge of a system.
The experimentalist prepared a quantum ensemble by repeating the same measurement many times.
4. In quantum computing, a group of qubits treated together as a single statistical object.
The algorithm was tested on a quantum ensemble of entangled qubits.