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Interaction-free measurement and quantum interrogation schemes can help in the detection of particles without interacting with them in a classical sense. We present a density matrix study of a quantum interrogation system designed for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Juan Carlos Garcia-Escartin , Pedro Chamorro-Posada

We discuss the effect of semitransparency in a quantum-Zeno-like interaction-free measurement setup, a quantum-physics based approach that might significantly reduce sample damage in imaging and microscopy. With an emphasis on applications…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-03 Sebastian Thomas , Christoph Kohstall , Pieter Kruit , Peter Hommelhoff

In ``interaction free'' measurements, one typically wants to detect the presence of an object without touching it with even a single photon. One often imagines a bomb whose trigger is an extremely sensitive measuring device whose presence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Steven H. Simon , P. M. Platzman

The process of measuring a two-level quantum system was examined by applying Hamiltonian formalism. For the measurement of an observable that does not commute with the system Hamiltonian, a non-trivial relationship among the strength of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-24 Takayuki Miyadera

Quantum measurements of physical quantities are usually described as ideal measurements. However, only a few measurements fulfil the conditions of ideal measurements. The aim of the present work is to describe real position measurements…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-17 Klaus Wick

Interaction-free measurement is a surprising consequence of quantum interference, where the presence of objects can be sensed without any disturbance of the object being measured. Here we show an extension of interaction-free measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Charles Hill , Andrew D. Greentree , Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg

Quantum imaging, one of the pillars of quantum technologies, is well-suited to study sensitive samples which require low-light conditions, like biological tissues. In this context, interaction-free measurements (IFM) allow us infer the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-03 Alexandra Maria Palici , Tudor-Alexandru Isdraila , Stefan Ataman , Radu Ionicioiu

Measurement is integral to quantum information processing and communication; it is how information encoded in the state of a system is transformed into classical signals for further use. In quantum optics, measurements are typically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-13 Daniel K. L. Oi , Vaclav Potocek , John Jeffers

We investigate the notion of quantumness based on the non-commutativity of the algebra of observables and introduce a measure of quantumness based on the mutual incompatibility of quantum states. We show that such a quantity can be…

Superposition is the core feature that sets quantum theory apart from classical physics. Here, we investigate whether sets of quantum measurements can be modelled by using only devices that are operationally classical, in the sense that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-30 Gabriele Cobucci , Alexander Bernal , Roope Uola , Armin Tavakoli

Measurements on classical systems are usually idealized and assumed to have infinite precision. In practice, however, any measurement has a finite resolution. We investigate the theory of non-ideal measurements in classical mechanics using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-27 Lars M. Johansen , Amir Kalev , Pier A. Mello

The existence of incompatible measurements, i.e. measurements which cannot be performed simultaneously on a single copy of a quantum state, constitutes an important distinction between quantum mechanics and classical theories. While…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 Krzysztof Mordasewicz , Jędrzej Kaniewski

The phenomenon of interaction-free measurement (IFM) enables the probabilistic detection of an absorbing object with reduced photon absorption. We report the experimental implementation of a simultaneous IFM of multiple objects using a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Sara Franco , Anita Camillini , Ernesto F. Galvão

In 1993 Elitzur and Vaidman introduced the concept of interaction-free measurements which allowed finding objects without ``touching'' them. In the proposed method, since the objects were not touched even by photons, thus, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 L. Vaidman

In this paper, we study the quantum computation realized by an interaction-free measurement (IFM). Using Kwiat et al.'s interferometer, we construct a two-qubit quantum gate that changes one particle's trajectory according to whether or not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hiroo Azuma

In this paper, we consider interaction-free measurement (IFM) with imperfect interaction. In the IFM proposed by Kwiat et al., we assume that interaction between an absorbing object and a probe photon is imperfect, so that the photon is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hiroo Azuma

The combination of interaction-free measurement and the quantum Zeno effect has been shown to both increase the signal-to-noise ratio of imaging, and decrease the light intensity flux through the imaged object. So far though, this has only…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-18 Jonte R. Hance , John Rarity

An interaction-free measurement protocol is described for a quantum circuit consisting of a superconducting qubit and a read-out Josephson junction. By measuring the state of the qubit one can ascertain the presence of a current pulse…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 G. S. Paraoanu

This manuscript is inspired by the paper [2]. In the paper, they investigate a method to detect existence of an object with arbitrarily small interaction. Below, we sketch their protocol to motivate the present manuscript. The object of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-15 Keiji Matsumoto

The continuous transition from a low resolution quantum nondemolition measurement of light field intensity to a precise measurement of photon number is described using a generalized measurement postulate. In the intermediate regime,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Holger F. Hofmann