Weak measurement of photon polarization

James M. Knight; Lev Vaidman

doi:10.1016/0375-9601(90)90371-T

Weak measurement of photon polarization

James M. Knight^*
, Lev Vaidman

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of South Carolina

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	357-361
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume	143
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(90)90371-T
State	Published - 29 Jan 1990
Externally published	Yes

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