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Circuit analysis of quantum measurement

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We develop a circuit theory that enables us to analyze quantum measurements on a two-level system and on a continuous-variable system on an equal footing. As a measurement scheme applicable to both systems, we discuss a swapping state measurement which exchanges quantum states between the system and the measuring apparatus before the apparatus meter is read out. This swapping state measurement has an advantage in gravitational-wave detection over contractive state measurement in that the postmeasurement state of the system can be set to a prescribed one, regardless of the outcome of the measurement.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0602134,
  title  = {Circuit analysis of quantum measurement},
  author = {Yuji Kurotani and Masahito Ueda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0602134},
  year   = {2007}
}

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11pages, 7figures

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