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Time averaging of weak values using the quantum transition path time probability distribution enables us to establish a general uncertainty principle for the weak values of two not necessarily Hermitian operators. This new principle is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-16 Eli Pollak , Salvador Miret-Artés

A common type of weak-value experiment prepares a single particle in one state, weakly measures the occupation number of another state, and post-selects on finding the particle in a third state (a 'click'). Most weak-value experiments have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-27 Howard M. Wiseman , Aephraim M. Steinberg , Matin Hallaji

Weak values, obtained from weak measurements, attempt to describe the properties of a quantum system as it evolves from an initial to a final state, without practically altering this evolution. Trajectories can be defined from weak…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-09 Alex Matzkin

Entanglement and wave function description are two of the core concepts that make quantum mechanics such a unique theory. A method to directly measure the wave function, using Weak Values, was demonstrated by Lundeen et al., Nature…

Weak-value amplification (WVA) provides a way for amplified detection of a tiny physical signal at the expense of a lower detection probability. Despite this trade-off, due to its robustness against certain types of noise, WVA has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-09 Yosep Kim , Seung-Yeun Yoo , Yoon-Ho Kim

Reconstructing the Hamiltonian of a quantum system is an essential task for characterizing and certifying quantum processors and simulators. Existing techniques either rely on projective measurements of the system before and after coherent…

A quantum state contains the maximal amount of information available for a given quantum system. In this paper we use weak-value expressions to reconstruct quantum states of continuous-variable systems in the quantum optical domain. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-15 Joachim Fischbach , Matthias Freyberger

The extraordinary concept of weak value amplification has attracted considerable attention for addressing foundational questions in quantum mechanics and for metrological applications in high precision measurement of small physical…

The efficient witnessing and certification of entanglement is necessitated by its ubiquitous use in various aspects of quantum technologies. In the case of continuous-variable bipartite systems, the Shchukin--Vogel hierarchy gives necessary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Elena Callus , Martin Gärttner , Tobias Haas

"Weak measurements" -- involving a weak unitary interaction between a quantum system and a meter followed by a projective measurement -- are investigated when the system has a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. We show in particular how the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-12-21 A. Matzkin

Weak values and measurements have been proposed as means to achieve dramatic enhancements in metrology based on the greatly increased range of possible measurement outcomes. Unfortunately, the very large values of measurement outcomes occur…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-02 Lijian Zhang , Animesh Datta , Ian A. Walmsley

Large weak values have been used to amplify the sensitivity of a linear response signal for detecting changes in a small parameter, which has also enabled a simple method for precise parameter estimation. However, producing a large weak…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-23 Shengshi Pang , Justin Dressel , Todd A. Brun

As one of the most profound features of quantum mechanics, entanglement is a vital resource for quantum information processing. Inspired by the recent work on PT-moments and separablity [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 127}, 060504 (2021)], we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-21 Xiaofen Huang , Naihuan Jing

We consider quantum systems with a Hamiltonian containing a weak perturbation i.e. $\boldsymbol{H=H_0} + \boldsymbol{\lambda} \cdot \boldsymbol{\tilde{H}}$, $\boldsymbol{\lambda}= \{\lambda_1, \lambda_2,...\}$, $\boldsymbol{\tilde{H}}$ $=…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-18 Sidali Mohammdi , Matteo Bina , Abdelhakim Gharbi , Matteo G. A. Paris

Weak values are quantities accessed through quantum experiments involving weak measurements and post-selection. It has been shown that 'anomalous' weak values (those lying beyond the eigenvalue range of the corresponding operator) defy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Ravi Kunjwal , Matteo Lostaglio , Matthew F. Pusey

The technique of weak value amplification, proposed by Aharonov et al. in 1988, has been applied for various fields of physics for the purpose of precision measurement, which is made possible by exploiting the freedom of `postselection'…

Precision metrology underpins scientific and technological advancements. Quantum metrology offers a pathway to surpass classical sensing limits by leveraging quantum states and measurement strategies. However, measuring multiple…

We focus on characterizing entanglement of high dimensional bipartite states using various statistical correlators for two-qudit mixed states. The salient results obtained are as follows: (a) A scheme for determining the entanglement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-19 Simanraj Sadana , Som Kanjilal , Dipankar Home , Urbasi Sinha

Recently there has been an interest in applying the concept of weak values and weak measurements to condensed matter systems. Here a weak measurement protocol is proposed for obtaining the $Z_2$ index of a topological insulator. The setup…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Zohar Ringel

Weak measurements performed between quantum state preparation and post-selection result in complex values for self-adjoint operators, corresponding to complex conditional probabilities for the projections on specific eigenstates. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-10-14 Holger F. Hofmann