Observing the "quantum Cheshire cat" effect with noninvasive weak measurement

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.07451v1
• Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 04:18:01 GMT
• Title: Observing the "quantum Cheshire cat" effect with noninvasive weak measurement
• Authors: Yosep Kim, Dong-Gil Im, Yong-Su Kim, Sang-Wook Han, Sung Moon, Yoon-Ho Kim, Young-Wook Cho
• Abstract summary: We report a genuine experimental observation of the quantum Cheshire cat effect with noninvasive weak quantum measurement. The use of the weak-measurement probe has allowed us to identify the location of the single-photon and that of the disembodied polarization state in a quantum interferometer.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: One of the common conceptions of nature, typically derived from the experiences with classical systems, is that attributes of the matter coexist with the substance. In the quantum regime, however, the quantum particle itself and its physical property may be in spatial separation, known as the quantum Cheshire cat effect. While there have been several reports to date on the observation of the quantum Cheshire cat effect, all such experiments are based on first-order interferometry and destructive projection measurement, thus allowing simple interpretation due to measurement-induced disturbance and also subject to trivial interpretation based on classical waves. In this work, we report a genuine experimental observation of the quantum Cheshire cat effect with noninvasive weak quantum measurement as originally proposed. The use of the weak-measurement probe has allowed us to identify the location of the single-photon and that of the disembodied polarization state in a quantum interferometer. We furthermore elucidate the paradox of the quantum Cheshire cat effect as quantum interference of the transition amplitudes for the photon and the polarization state which are directly obtained from the measurement outcomes or the weak values.

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