pith. sign in

arxiv: quant-ph/0412204 · v2 · submitted 2004-12-27 · 🪐 quant-ph

Quantum weak values

classification 🪐 quant-ph
keywords weakmeasurementvaluestwo-photonaveragecannotdetermineemploys
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

We experimentally determine weak values for a single photon's polarization, obtained via a weak measurement that employs a two-photon entangling operation, and postselection. The weak values cannot be explained by a semiclassical wave theory, due to the two-photon entanglement. We observe the variation in size of the weak value with measurement strength, obtaining an average measurement of the S_1 Stokes parameter more than an order of magnitude outside of the operator's spectrum for the smallest measurement strengths.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.