Unifying theory of quantum state estimation using past and future information

A Chantasri, I Guevara, KT Laverick, HM Wiseman - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Quantum state estimation for continuously monitored dynamical systems involves assigning
a quantum state to an individual system at some time, conditioned on the results of …

[HTML][HTML] The weak reality that makes quantum phenomena more natural: Novel insights and experiments

Y Aharonov, E Cohen, M Waegell, AC Elitzur - Entropy, 2018 - mdpi.com
While quantum reality can be probed through measurements, the Two-State Vector
Formalism (TSVF) reveals a subtler reality prevailing between measurements. Under special …

Direct counterfactual communication via quantum Zeno effect

Y Cao, YH Li, Z Cao, J Yin, YA Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Intuition from our everyday lives gives rise to the belief that information exchanged between
remote parties is carried by physical particles. Surprisingly, in a recent theoretical study …

[HTML][HTML] A dynamical quantum Cheshire Cat effect and implications for counterfactual communication

Y Aharonov, E Cohen, S Popescu - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Here we report a type of dynamic effect that is at the core of the so called “counterfactual
computation” and especially “counterfactual communication” quantum effects that have …

[HTML][HTML] Weak-value amplification of the nonlinear effect of a single photon

M Hallaji, A Feizpour, G Dmochowski, J Sinclair… - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
In quantum mechanics, the concept of weak measurements allows for the description of a
quantum system both in terms of the initial preparation and the final state (post-selection) …

Measuring incompatible observables by exploiting sequential weak values

F Piacentini, A Avella, MP Levi, M Gramegna, G Brida… - Physical Review Letters, 2016 - APS
One of the most intriguing aspects of quantum mechanics is the impossibility of measuring at
the same time observables corresponding to noncommuting operators, because of quantum …

Weak value controversy

L Vaidman - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Recent controversy regarding the meaning and usefulness of weak values is reviewed. It is
argued that in spite of recent statistical arguments by Ferrie and Combes, experiments with …

[HTML][HTML] Counterfactual communication without a trace in the transmission channel

WW Pan, X Liu, XY Xu, QQ Wang, ZD Cheng… - npj Quantum …, 2023 - nature.com
We report an experimental realization of a modified counterfactual communication protocol
that eliminates the dominant environmental trace left by photons passing through the …

Universality of local weak interactions and its application for interferometric alignment

J Dziewior, L Knips, D Farfurnik… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The modification of the effect of interactions of a particle as a function of its preselected and
postselected states is analyzed theoretically and experimentally. The universality property of …

[HTML][HTML] The case of the disappearing (and re-appearing) particle

Y Aharonov, E Cohen, A Landau, AC Elitzur - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
A novel prediction is derived by the Two-State-Vector-Formalism (TSVF) for a particle
superposed over three boxes. Under appropriate pre-and post-selections, and with …