Monday, March 11, 2013

1303.1903 (Kouji Nakamura et al.)

Re-interpretations for an experiment on the back-action in a weak
measurement
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Kouji Nakamura, Masataka Iinuma
Interpretations for an experiment on the back-action in a weak measurement in [Iinuma M, et al. (2011) New. J. Phys. vol.13 033041] are revisited. We show two different but essentially equivalent interpretations for this experiment along the original scenario of weak measurements proposed by Aharonov, Albert, and Vaidman. To do this, we introduce the notion of extended weak values which is associated not only with the states of the system but also the state of the measuring device. We also evaluate fluctuations in this experiment and found that an optimal measurement strength exists for a fixed polarization angle prepared as an initial state, at which fluctuations in measurement results vanish. The consistency of this evaluation with the experimental results is discussed.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.1903

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