Test of weak measurement on a two- or three-qubit computer

Todd A. Brun, Lajos Diósi, and Walter T. Strunz
Phys. Rev. A 77, 032101 – Published 10 March 2008

Abstract

Current quantum computer technology is sufficient to realize weak measurements and the corresponding concept of “weak values.” We demonstrate how the weak value anomaly can be tested, along with consistency and simultaneity of weak values, using only discrete degrees of freedom. All that is needed is a quantum computer with two—or better, three—qubits. We also give an interpretation of the weak value as an effective field strength in a post-selected spin measurement.

  • Received 26 November 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.032101

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Todd A. Brun

  • Communication Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-2565, USA

Lajos Diósi*

  • Centro Internacional de Ciencias, 62131 Cuernavaca, Mexico and Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, P.O. Box 49, H-1525 Budapest 114, Hungary

Walter T. Strunz

  • Centro Internacional de Ciencias, 62131 Cuernavaca, Mexico and Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität, Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany

  • *Permanent address: Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics H-1525 Budapest 114, P.O. Box 49, Hungary.
  • Permanent address: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität, Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany.

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Vol. 77, Iss. 3 — March 2008

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