Retrodiction beyond the Heisenberg uncertainty relation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.12642v1
• Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 17:03:12 GMT
• Title: Retrodiction beyond the Heisenberg uncertainty relation
• Authors: Han Bao, Shenchao Jin, Junlei Duan, Suotang Jia, Klaus M{\o}lmer, Heng Shen and Yanhong Xiao
• Abstract summary: In quantum mechanics, the Heisenberg uncertainty relation presents an ultimate limit to the precision by which one can predict the outcome of position and momentum measurements on a particle. We study what happens under such circumstances with an atomic ensemble containing $1011$ $87textRb$ atoms, initiated nearly in the ground state in presence of a magnetic field. The capability of assigning precise values to multiple observables and to observe their variation during physical processes may have implications in quantum state estimation and sensing.
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• Abstract: In quantum mechanics, the Heisenberg uncertainty relation presents an ultimate limit to the precision by which one can predict the outcome of position and momentum measurements on a particle. Heisenberg explicitly stated this relation for the prediction of "hypothetical future measurements", and it does not describe the situation where knowledge is available about the system both earlier and later than the time of the measurement. We study what happens under such circumstances with an atomic ensemble containing $10^{11}$ $^{87}\text{Rb}$ atoms, initiated nearly in the ground state in presence of a magnetic field. The collective spin observables of the atoms are then well described by canonical position and momentum observables, $\hat{x}_A$ and $\hat{p}_A$ that satisfy $[\hat{x}_A,\hat{p}_A]=i\hbar$. Quantum non-demolition measurements of $\hat{p}_A$ before and of $\hat{x}_A$ after time $t$ allow precise estimates of both observables at time $t$. The capability of assigning precise values to multiple observables and to observe their variation during physical processes may have implications in quantum state estimation and sensing.

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