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

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作者
Lundeen, J. S. [1 ]
Steinberg, A. M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Phys, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
COUNTERFACTUAL STATEMENTS; QUANTUM COMPUTATION; REALIZATION; VALUES; SPIN;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.020404
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
It has been proposed that the ability to perform joint weak measurements on postselected 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 of these statements but, at the same time, resolve the paradox.
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