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Post-selected weak measurement beyond the weak value

Quantum Physics 2010-04-14 v4

Abstract

Closed expressions are derived for the quantum measurement statistics of pre-and postselected gaussian particle beams. The weakness of the pre-selection step is shown to compete with the non-orthogonality of post-selection in a transparent way. The approach is shown to be useful in analyzing post-selection-based signal amplification, allowing measurements to be extended far beyond the range of validity of the well-known Aharonov-Albert-Vaidman limit.

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@article{arxiv.0909.2206,
  title  = {Post-selected weak measurement beyond the weak value},
  author = {Tamas Geszti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.2206},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

The published version; with respect to previous one, note changes in Eqs. (16),(17),(19).

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