Abstract
We experimentally determine weak values for a single photon's polarization, obtained via a weak measurement that employs a two-photon entangling operation, and postselection. The weak values cannot be explained by a semiclassical wave theory, due to the two-photon entanglement. We observe the variation in the size of the weak value with measurement strength, obtaining an average measurement of the S1 Stokes parameter more than an order of magnitude outside of the operator's spectrum for the smallest measurement strengths. © 2005 The American Physical Society.
| Translated title of the contribution | Measurement of quantum weak values of photon polarization |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 170 - 179 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 94 (4-6) |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2005 |