Counterfactual quantum computation through quantum interrogation

Hosten, Onur; Rakher, Matthew T.; Barreiro, Julio T.; Peters, Nicholas A.; Kwiat, Paul G.

doi:10.1038/nature04523

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“…0.924 ± 0.024 [1] 0.087 ± 0.023 Examining the table reveals that the single-particle weak measurements are consistent with the clicks at each dark port; as the IFM results imply, the weakly measured occupations of each of the Inner arms are close to one and those of each of the Outer arms are close to zero. The weak measurements indicate that, at least when considered individually, the photons were in the Inner arms.…”

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“…Retrodiction is a controversial topic in quantum mechanics [1]. How much is one allowed to say about the history (e.g.…”

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“…In an implementation of Hardy's Paradox, we weakly measure the locations of two photons, the subject of the conflicting statements behind the Paradox. Remarkably, the resulting weak probabilities verify all these statements but, at the same time, resolve the Paradox.Retrodiction is a controversial topic in quantum mechanics [1]. How much is one allowed to say about the history (e.g.…”

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Experimental Joint Weak Measurement on a Photon Pair as a Probe of Hardy’s Paradox

2009

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It has been proposed that the ability to perform joint weak measurements on post-selected systems would allow us to study quantum paradoxes. These measurements can investigate the history of those particles that contribute to the paradoxical outcome. Here, we experimentally perform weak measurements of joint (i.e. nonlocal) observables. In an implementation of Hardy's Paradox, we weakly measure the locations of two photons, the subject of the conflicting statements behind the Paradox. Remarkably, the resulting weak probabilities verify all these statements but, at the same time, resolve the Paradox.Retrodiction is a controversial topic in quantum mechanics [1]. How much is one allowed to say about the history (e.g. particle trajectories) of a post-selected ensemble? Historically this has been deemed a question more suitable for philosophy (e.g. counterfactual logic) than physics; since the early days of quantum mechanics, the standard approach has been to restrict the basis of our physical interpretations to direct experimental observations. On the practical side of the question, postselection has recently grown in importance as a tool in fields such as quantum information: e.g. in linear optics quantum computation (LOQC) [2], where it drives the logic of quantum gates; and in continuous variable systems, for entanglement distillation [3]. Weak measurement is a relatively new experimental technique for tackling just this question. It is of particular interest to carry out weak measurements of multi-particle observables, such as those used in quantum information. Here, we present an experiment that uses weak measurement to examine the two-particle retrodiction paradox of Hardy [4,5], confirming the validity of certain retrodictions and identifying the source of the apparent contradiction.Hardy's Paradox is a contradiction between classical reasoning and the outcome of standard measurements on an electron E and positron P in a pair of MachZehnder interferometers (see Fig. 1). Each interferometer is first aligned so that the incoming particle always leaves through the same exit port, termed the "bright" port B (the other is the "dark" port D). The interferometers are then arranged so that one arm (the "Inner" arm I) from each interferometer overlaps at Y. It is assumed that if the electron and positron simultaneously enter this arm they will collide and annihilate with 100% probability. This makes the interferometers "InteractionFree Measurements" (IFM) [6]: that is, a click at the dark port indicates the interference was disturbed by an object located in one of the interferometer arms, without the interfering particle itself having traversed that arm. Therefore, in Hardy's Paradox a click at the dark port of the electron (positron) indicates that the positron (electron) was in the Inner arm. Consider if one were to detect both particles at the dark ports. As IFMs, these results would indicate the particles were simultaneously in the Inner arms and, therefore should have annihilated. But this is in contradi...

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“…Retrodiction is a controversial topic in quantum mechanics [1]. How much is one allowed to say about the history (e.g.…”

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Experimental Joint Weak Measurement on a Photon Pair as a Probe of Hardy’s Paradox

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“…Zeilinger et al [17] refined it so as to save nearly 100% of the bombs. Other applications of IFM range from quantum computation [18] to imaging [19].…”

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Honoring Epimenides of Crete (±Δx): From Quantum Paradoxes, through Weak Measurements, to the Nature of Time

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2014

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Abstract. Quantum temporal peculiarities, involving ordinary and weak measurements, are explored. We introduce the foundations of weak measurement and outline some novel theoretical and experimental predictions derived from it. We then show how weak values, which explicitly depend on both forward and backward evolving state-vectors, can serve as important tools for gaining new insights into the nature of time.

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“…Let us consider a more sophisticated example, in which the standard approach can lead to wrong conclusions [10]. Consider a combination of beam splitters which create a MZI "nested" in another MZI (see Figure 5).…”

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