On interchangeability of probe-object roles in quantum-quantum interaction-free measurement

DOI10.1007/S10701-019-00244-4MaRDI QIDQ1735935zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Stanislav Filatov, Marcis Auzinsh

Publication date 29 March 2019

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.08455

zbMATH Keywords

entanglementinteraction-free measurementmeasurement theoryoptical tests of quantum theoryquantum description of interaction of light and mattertwo qubit interaction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40)

Abstract: In this paper we examine Interaction-free measurement (IFM) where both the probe and the object are quantum particles. We argue that in this case the description of the measurement procedure must by symmetrical with respect to interchange of the roles of probe and object. A thought experiment is being suggested that helps to determine what does and what doesn't happen to the state of the particles in such a setup. It seems that unlike the case of classical object, here the state of both the probe and the object must change. A possible explanation of this might be that the probe and the object form an entangled pair as a result of non-interaction.

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