TY - JOUR
T1 - Weak measurement of photon polarization
AU - Knight, James M.
AU - Vaidman, Lev
PY - 1990/1/29
Y1 - 1990/1/29
N2 - An optical procedure for measuring the recently introduced weak value of a photon polarization variable is suggested and some of its experimental aspects are discussed. The deflection of a beam passing through a birefringent prism is considered. It is shown that if the beam also passes through preselection and postselection polarization filters, it may have a deflection which is greater than the deflection of the beam without the filters. The magnitude of the deflection is give by weak measurement theory.
AB - An optical procedure for measuring the recently introduced weak value of a photon polarization variable is suggested and some of its experimental aspects are discussed. The deflection of a beam passing through a birefringent prism is considered. It is shown that if the beam also passes through preselection and postselection polarization filters, it may have a deflection which is greater than the deflection of the beam without the filters. The magnitude of the deflection is give by weak measurement theory.
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U2 - 10.1016/0375-9601(90)90371-T
DO - 10.1016/0375-9601(90)90371-T
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AN - SCOPUS:0038940381
SN - 0375-9601
VL - 143
SP - 357
EP - 361
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
IS - 8
ER -