• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 8, Issue 9, 1468 (2020)
Mu Yang1、2, Qiang Li1、2, Zheng-Hao Liu1、2, Ze-Yan Hao1、2, Chang-Liang Ren3、4、*, Jin-Shi Xu1、2、5、*, Chuan-Feng Li1、2、6、*, and Guang-Can Guo1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 3Center for Nanofabrication and System Integration, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
  • 4e-mail: renchangliang@cigit.ac.cn
  • 5e-mail: jsxu@ustc.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: cfli@ustc.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.393480 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Mu Yang, Qiang Li, Zheng-Hao Liu, Ze-Yan Hao, Chang-Liang Ren, Jin-Shi Xu, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo. Experimental observation of an anomalous weak value without post-selection[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(9): 1468 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Weak measurement has been shown to play important roles in the investigation of both fundamental and practical problems. Anomalous weak values are generally believed to be observed only when post-selection is performed, i.e., only a particular subset of the data is considered. Here, we experimentally demonstrate that an anomalous weak value can be obtained without discarding any data by performing a sequential weak measurement on a single-qubit system. By controlling the blazing density of the hologram on a spatial light modulator, the measurement strength can be conveniently controlled. Such an anomalous phenomenon disappears when the measurement strength of the first observable becomes strong. Moreover, we find that the anomalous weak value cannot be observed without post-selection when the sequential measurement is performed on each of the components of a two-qubit system, which confirms that the observed anomalous weak value is based on sequential weak measurement of two noncommutative operators.
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    AψIW:=ψ|A^|ψ.(2)

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    (A1A2)ψIW:=ψ|A^1A^2|ψ.(3)

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    U^|ϕ(x,y)(a|H+b|V)=a|ϕ(xγexp,y)|H+b|ϕ(x,y)|V,(A5)

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    Mu Yang, Qiang Li, Zheng-Hao Liu, Ze-Yan Hao, Chang-Liang Ren, Jin-Shi Xu, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo. Experimental observation of an anomalous weak value without post-selection[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(9): 1468
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