"""Purity and X-measurement probability along a qubit polarization family. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5, Matplotlib 3.10.7. Run from the desired output directory; writes an opaque white PNG in cwd. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 12, "figure.facecolor": "white", "axes.facecolor": "white", "savefig.facecolor": "white"}) p = np.linspace(0, 1, 501) purity = (1 + p**2) / 2 probability = (1 + p) / 2 fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 4.9), dpi=130) ax.plot(p, probability, color="#ba601b", lw=2.6, label=r"X outcome $P(+)= (1+p)/2$") ax.plot(p, purity, color="#245f91", lw=2.8, label=r"Purity $\mathrm{Tr}(\rho_p^2)=(1+p^2)/2$") sample_p = np.array([0, 0.5, 1]) ax.scatter(sample_p, (1 + sample_p**2) / 2, color="#245f91", s=45, zorder=4) ax.scatter(sample_p, (1 + sample_p) / 2, color="#ba601b", s=25, zorder=5) ax.plot([0.5, 0.5], [0.625, 0.75], color="#777777", ls=":", lw=1.2) ax.annotate(r"$p=1/2$: purity $5/8$", (0.5, 0.625), xytext=(0.56, 0.55), color="#245f91", fontsize=11, arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#245f91"}) ax.annotate(r"$P(+)=3/4$", (0.5, 0.75), xytext=(0.2, 0.78), color="#ba601b", fontsize=11, arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#ba601b"}) ax.annotate(r"$I/2$: maximally mixed", (0, 0.5), xytext=(0.055, 0.47), fontsize=11) ax.annotate(r"$|+\rangle$: pure", (1, 1), xytext=(0.77, 1.04), fontsize=11, arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#444444"}) ax.set(xlim=(-0.02, 1.03), ylim=(0.44, 1.09), xticks=[0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1], yticks=[0.5, 0.625, 0.75, 1], xlabel=r"Polarization $p$: Bloch vector $(p,0,0)$", ylabel="Purity or outcome probability", title=r"$\rho_p=p|+\rangle\langle+|+(1-p)I/2$, $0\leq p\leq 1$") ax.legend(frameon=False, fontsize=11, loc="upper left") ax.grid(alpha=0.18) ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) fig.tight_layout() fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()