Realization of a measurement of a ‘‘weak value’’

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dc.citation.firstpage1107en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber9en_US
dc.citation.journalTitlePhysical Review Lettersen_US
dc.citation.lastpage1110en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber66en_US
dc.contributor.authorRitchie, N.W.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStory, J.G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHulet, Randall G.en_US
dc.contributor.orgRice Quantum Instituteen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-30T19:07:12Z
dc.date.available2015-03-30T19:07:12Z
dc.date.issued1991en_US
dc.description.abstractWe present the first realization of a measurement of a ‘‘weak value,’’ a concept recently introduced by Aharonov, Albert, and Vaidman (AAV). Our experiment uses a birefringent crystal to separate the two linear-polarization components of a laser beam by a distance small compared to the laser-beam waist. This ‘‘weak measurement’’ is followed by a strong measurement which translates the centroid of the beam by a distance far larger than the birefringence-induced separation. In addition, we present data corresponding to orthogonal initial and final states, for which the weak value is not defined. This interference effect may have application in the amplification and detection of weak effects.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRitchie, N.W.M., Story, J.G. and Hulet, Randall G.. "Realization of a measurement of a ‘‘weak value’’." <i>Physical Review Letters,</i> 66, no. 9 (1991) American Physical Society: 1107-1110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1107.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1107en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79437
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
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