Weak value as an indicator of back-action

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTU045MaRDI QIDQ2789690zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Riuji Mochizuki

Publication date 2 March 2016

Published in PTEP. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.3036

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

Abstract: In this study we critically examine some important papers on weak measurement and weak values. We find some insufficiency and mistakes in these papers, and we demonstrate that the real parts of weak values provide the back-action to the post-selection, which is caused by weak measurement. Two examples, a counterfactual statement of Hardy's paradox and experiments that determine the average trajectory of photons passing through double slits, are investigated from our view point.

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