  Applications in quantum information theory and quantum tomography have raised
current interest in complex Hadamard matrices. In this note we investigate the
connection between tiling Abelian groups and constructions of complex Hadamard
matrices. First, we recover a recent very general construction of complex
Hadamard matrices due to Dita via a natural tiling construction. Then we find
some necessary conditions for any given complex Hadamard matrix to be
equivalent to a Dita-type matrix. Finally, using another tiling construction,
due to Szabo, we arrive at new parametric families of complex Hadamard matrices
of order 8, 12 and 16, and we use our necessary conditions to prove that these
families do not arise with Dita's construction. These new families complement
the recent catalogue of complex Hadamard matrices of small order.

Quantum Physics