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Optical telecom networks as weak measurements with post-selection

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this work we establish a link between two apparently unrelated subjects: polarization effects in optical fibers and devices, and the quantum theory of weak measurements. We show that the abstract concept of weak measurements followed by post-selection, introduced a decade ago by quantum theorists, naturally appears in the everyday physics of telecom networks.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0309055,
  title  = {Optical telecom networks as weak measurements with post-selection},
  author = {Nicolas Brunner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0309055},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

extended version of quant-ph/0306108, diploma thesis