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The formalism of weak measurement in quantum mechanics has revealed profound connections between measurement theory, quantum foundations, and signal processing. In this paper, we develop a pointer-free derivation of superoscillations,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-04 Mirco A. Mannucci

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…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-14 Tamas Geszti

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…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nicolas Brunner

It is often said that measuring a system's position must disturb the complementary property, momentum, by some minimum amount due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Using a "weak-measurement", this disturbance can be reduced. One…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-26 G. S. Thekkadath , F. Hufnagel , J. S. Lundeen

Postselected weak measurement is a useful protocol for amplifying weak physical effects. However, there has recently been controversy over whether it gives any advantage in precision. While it is now clear that retaining failed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-18 Shengshi Pang , Todd A. Brun

Experimentally, the imaginary parts of complex weak values are obtained from the response of the system to small unitary phase shifts generated by the target observable. The complex conditional probabilities obtained from weak measurements…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-03 Holger F. Hofmann

This paper establishes a direct, robust and intimate connection between (i) non classicality tests for various quantum features, e.g., non-Boolean logic, quantum coherence, nonlocality, quantum entanglement, quantum discord; (ii) negative…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-26 Sooryansh Asthana , V. Ravishankar

Weak measurements can be seen as an attempt at answering the 'Which way?' question without destroying interference between the pathways involved. Unusual mean values obtained in such measurements represent the response of a quantum system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-27 D. Sokolovski

The fact that not all quantum observables are jointly measurable is one of the major differences between quantum and classical theory. In the former, non-commuting observables can only be simultaneously measured with limited precision. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-17 Gilles Pütz , Tomer Barnea , Nicolas Gisin , Anthony Martin

Traditional uncertainty relations dictate a minimal amount of noise in incompatible projective quantum measurements. However, not all measurements are projective. Weak measurements are minimally invasive methods for obtaining partial state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-15 Jonathan T. Monroe , Nicole Yunger Halpern , Taeho Lee , Kater W. Murch

Studying sequential measurements is of the utmost importance to both the foundational aspects of quantum theory and the practical implementations of quantum technologies, with both of these applications being abstractly described by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-01 Leevi Leppäjärvi , Michal Sedlák

Quantum mechanical weak values of projection operators have been used to answer which-way questions, e.g. to trace which arms in a multiple Mach-Zehnder setup a particle may have traversed from a given initial to a prescribed final state. I…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 B. E. Y. Svensson

Weak measurement is unique in enabling measurements of non-commuting operators as well as otherwise-undetectable peculiar phenomena predicted by the Two-State-Vector-Formalism (TSVF). This article, the first in two parts, explores novel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Yakir Aharonov , Eliahu Cohen , Avshalom C. Elitzur

We study the weak values of a quantum observable from the point of view of the Wigner formalism. The main actor is here the cross-Wigner transform of two functions, which is in disguise the cross-ambiguity function familiar from radar…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Maurice A. de Gosson , Serge M. de Gosson

In this chapter we offer an introduction to weak values from a three-fold perspective: first, outlining the protocols that enable their experimental determination; next, deriving their correlates in the quantum formalism and, finally,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Xabier Oianguren-Asua , Albert Solé , Carlos F. Destefani , Xavier Oriols

Weak amplification is a signal enhancement technique which is used to measure tiny changes that otherwise cannot be determined because of technical limitations. It is based on the existence of a special type of interaction which couples a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Juan P. Torres , Graciana Puentes , Nathaniel Hermosa , Luis Jose Salazar-Serrano

Recently, weak value $\rm A_w$ derived in the pre- and post-selected weak measurement has been shown to be powerful in measuring minute physical effects. In principle, the decrease in the post-selection probability will increase the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-12 Jing-Hui Huang , Xue-Ying Duan , Guang-Jun Wang , Xiang-Yun Hu

We show that the weak value of any observable in pre- and post-selected states can be expressed as the sum of the average of the observable in the pre-selected state and an anomalous part. We argue that at a fundamental level the anomalous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-21 Arun Kumar Pati , Junde Wu

We systematically analyze Holland's local expectation values within Bohmian mechanics, referring to them as weak actual values to emphasize their connection with weak measurement theory. These quantities are derived constructs that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 Weixiang Ye

Sensors that harness exclusively quantum phenomena (such as entanglement) can achieve superior performance compared to those employing only classical principles. Recently, a technique based on postselected, weakly-performed measurements has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-18 George C. Knee , G. Andrew D. Briggs , Simon C. Benjamin , Erik M. Gauger