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The concept of ergotropy was previously introduced as the maximum extractable work from a quantum state. Its enhancement, which is induced by quantum correlation via projective measurement, was formulated as the daemonic ergotropy. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-06 Mohammad Ali Balkanlu , Esfandyar Faizi , Bahram Ahansaz

We consider highly inaccurate measurements made on classical stochastic and quantum systems. In the quantum case such a \e{weak} measurement preserves coherence between the system's alternatives. We demonstrate that in both cases the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 D. Sokolovski , D. Alonso , S. Brouard

Measuring a nonlocal observable on a space-like separated quantum system is a resource-hungry and experimentally challenging task. Several theoretical measurement schemes have already been proposed to increase its feasibility, using a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-17 Pierre Vidil , Keiichi Edamatsu

We explore the possibility of using "weak" measurements to carry out quantum state tomography. Given a certain fixed number of copies of identically prepared states of a qubit, we simulate state tomography using weak as well as projective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-06 Debmalya Das , Arvind

A measurement consists in coupling a system to a probe and reading the output of the probe to gather information about the system. The weaker the coupling, the smaller the back-action on the system, but also the less information conveyed.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-13 Antonio Di Lorenzo , José Carlos Egues

The standard approach to quantum measurements is to assume that they lead to effectively instantaneous collapse of the quantum state. However, if we assume that we are unable to enforce at what exact moment of time the measurement occurs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Igor Prlina , Milutin Živković

We demonstrate a general weak measurement model which allows Gaussian preserving entanglement concentration of the two mode squeezed vacuum. The power of this simple and elegant protocol is through the constraints it places on possible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 David Menzies , Natalia Korolkova

The average result of a weak measurement of some observable $A$ can, under post-selection of the measured quantum system, exceed the largest eigenvalue of $A$. The nature of weak measurements, as well as the presence of post-selection and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-13 Matthew F. Pusey

Precise definitions of "weak [quantum] measurements" and "weak value" [of a quantum observable] are offered, which seem to capture the meaning of the often vague ways that these terms are used in the literature. Simple finite dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-11 Stephen Parrott

To prepare quantum states and extract information, it is often assumed that one can perform a perfectly projective measurement. Such measurements can achieve an uncorrelated system and environment state. However, perfectly projective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-25 Alvin Gonzales , Daniel Dilley , Mark Byrd

We discuss the abstract structure of sequential weak measurement (WM) of general observables. In all orders, the sequential WM correlations without post-selection yield the corresponding correlations of the Wigner function, offering direct…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-13 Lajo Diósi

The exact conditions on valid pointer states for weak measurements are derived. It is demonstrated that weak measurements can be performed with any pointer state with vanishing probability current density. This condition is found both for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Lars M. Johansen

In this work, we numerically study the effect of weak measurement on deconfined quantum critical point(DQCP). Particularly, we consider the ground state of an one-dimensional spin $1/2$ system with long range exchange interactions($K$),…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-06 K. G. S. H. Gunawardana

We propose and experimentally realize a general scheme of differential imaging employing the idea of weak measurement. We show that the weak coupling between the system of interest and a two-level ancilla can introduce a two-beam circuit…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-31 Xiong Liu , An Wang , Junfan Zhu , Ling Ye , Rongchun Ge , Jinglei Du , Hong Zhang , Zhiyou Zhang

The outcomes of a series of measurements, made on a quantum system, form a sequence of random events which occur in a particular order. The system, together with a meter or meters, can be seen as following the paths of a stochastic network…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-01 D. Sokolovski

A precise definition of "weak [quantum] measurements" and "weak value" (of a quantum observable) is offered, and simple finite dimensional examples are given showing that weak values are not unique and therefore probably do not correspond…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-01 Stephen Parrott

It is known that any two-outcome quantum measurement can be decomposed into a continuous stochastic process using a feedback loop. In this article, we characterize which of these decompositions are possible when each iteration of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-10 Jan Florjanczyk , Todd A. Brun

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

Weak measurement is a novel quantum measurement scheme, which is usually characterized by the weak value formalism. To guarantee the validity of the weak value formalism, the fidelity between the pre-selection and the post-selection should…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Shengshi Pang , Shengjun Wu , Zeng-Bing Chen

Conventional quantum mechanics describes a pre- and post-selected system in terms of virtual (Feynman) paths via which the final state can be reached. In the absence of probabilities, a weak measurement (WM) determines the probability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-20 D. Sokolovski