Phase estimation with weak measurement using a white light source

  • Xiao Ye Xu
  • , Yaron Kedem
  • , Kai Sun
  • , Lev Vaidman
  • , Chuan Feng Li*
  • , Guang Can Guo
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report results of a high precision phase estimation based on a weak measurement scheme using a commercial light-emitting diode. The method is based on a measurement of the imaginary part of the weak value of a polarization operator. The imaginary part of the weak value appeared due to the measurement interaction itself. The sensitivity of our method is equivalent to resolving light pulses of the order of a attosecond and it is robust against chromatic dispersion.

Original languageEnglish
Article number033604
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume111
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Jul 2013

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