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The physical meaning of weak values and measurements can be completely understood with Born rule and the general probability theory. It is known that the weak value of an observable $\hat A$ with post-selection $\langle F|$ may be out of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-02 Riuji Mochizuki

We demonstrate that Aharonov-Albert-Vaidman (AAV) weak values have a direct relationship with the response function of a system, and have a much wider range of applicability in both the classical and quantum domains than previously thought.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. R. Solli , C. F. McCormick , R. Y. Chiao , S. Popescu , J. M. Hickmann

We formulate a general theory of wave-particle duality for many-body quantum states, which quantifies how wave- and particle-like properties balance each other. Much as in the well-understood single-particle case, which-way information --…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 Christoph Dittel , Gabriel Dufour , Gregor Weihs , Andreas Buchleitner

Two well-known conceptual conundrums of quantum mechanics referred to as instantaneous action-at-a-distance and inseparable wave-particle character are tackled using the principle of least action. Since any measurement is an action, it is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-03 Arto Annila , Tarja Kallio-Tamminen

The correlation function in quantum systems plays a vital role in decoding their properties and gaining insights into physical phenomena. Its interpretation corresponds to the propagation of particle excitations between space-time, similar…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-14 Yuan Feng , Xi Chen , Yongcheng Ding

An eigenvalue equation representing symmetric (dual) quantum equation is introduced. The particle is described by two scalar wavefunctions, and two vector wavefunctions. The eigenfunction is found to satisfy the quantum Telegraph equation…

General Physics · Physics 2018-07-26 A. I. Arbab

Quantum Mechanical weak values are an interference effect measured by the cross-Wigner transform W({\phi},{\psi}) of the post-and preselected states, leading to a complex quasi-distribution {\rho}_{{\phi},{\psi}}(x,p) on phase space. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Maurice de Gosson , Serge de Gosson

We present a strong-weak coupling duality for quantum mechanical potentials. Similarly to what happens in quantum field theory, it relates two problems with inverse couplings, leading to a mapping of the strong coupling regime into the weak…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. de Souza Dutra

We propose an experimental setup for the implementation of weak measurements in the context of the gedankenexperiment known as Hardy's Paradox. As Aharonov et al. showed, these weak values form a language with which the paradox can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. E. Ahnert , M. C. Payne

For continuous weak measurement of qubits, we obtain exact expressions for weak values (WVs) from the post-selection restricted average of measurement outputs, by using both the quantumtrajectory- equation (QTE) and quantum Bayesian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-29 Lupei Qin , Pengfei Liang , Xin-Qi Li

Wave-particle duality is a typical example of Bohr's complementarity principle that plays a significant role in quantum mechanics. Previous studies used the visibility of an interference pattern to quantify the wave property and used path…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 Yuan Yuan , Zhibo Hou , Yuan-Yuan Zhao , Han-Sen Zhong , Guo-Yong Xiang , Chuan-Feng Li , Guang-Can Guo

I show that the application of the quantum-mechanical (QM) which-way weak measurement scheme of Vaidman may lead to logical inconsistencies. To this end, I study weak values of projection operators. Weak values are (normalized) amplitudes,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-16 B. E. Y. Svensson

Weak measurement is a new technique which allows one to describe the evolution of postselected quantum systems. It appears to be useful for resolving a variety of thorny quantum paradoxes, particularly when used to study properties of pairs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. J. Resch , A. M. Steinberg

We discuss the preceding Comment and conclude that the arguments given there against the relevance of null weak values as representing the absence of a system property are not compelling. We give an example in which the transition matrix…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-18 Q. Duprey , A. Matzkin

Bohmian mechanics solves the wave-particle duality paradox by introducing the concept of a physical particle that is always point-like and a separate wavefunction with some sort of physical reality. However, this model has not been…

General Physics · Physics 2014-10-14 Eduardo V. Flores

Weak values of quantum observables are a powerful tool for investigating quantum phenomena. Some methods for measuring weak values in the laboratory require weak interactions and postselection, while others are deterministic, but require…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-18 Giulio Chiribella , Kyrylo Simonov , Xuanqiang Zhao

A general approach to the measurement of an observable with pre- and post-selection is presented. The limit of weak measurement is studied in detail, and it is shown that the phase of the probe, including a Hamiltonian contribution to it,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-04-19 Antonio Di Lorenzo , J. Carlos Egues

The physical interpretation of weak measurements has been the subject of much debate. It is known that anomalous phenomena and results that appear in weak measurements are essentially related to the phase of the quantum system being…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-29 Nobuharu Nakajima

Wave-particle duality is certainly one of the most curious concepts of contemporary physics, which ascribes mutually exclusive behaviors to quantum systems that cannot be observed simultaneously. In the context of two-path interferometers,…

We propose three core ideas: 1. the wave-particle duality of the qudit quantum space; 2. the classification of all elementary quantum gates by ordered pairs of qudit functionals; 3. a new type of quantum gates called the "quantum wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-22 Zixuan Hu , Sabre Kais