Anomalous weak values in a generalized Mach-Zehnder interferometer extracted directly from intensity measurements

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.24798v1
• Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:50:05 GMT
• Title: Anomalous weak values in a generalized Mach-Zehnder interferometer extracted directly from intensity measurements
• Abstract summary: We introduce a method to fully characterize path weak-values in a generalized Mach-Zehnder interferometer.<n>We experimentally demonstrate the technique in matter-wave interferometry.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Weak values provide a powerful framework for characterizing quantum systems. Their experimental extraction conventionally relies on weak conditioned von Neumann measurements, involving weak interactions and meter states that increase experimental complexity and often limit measurement efficiency. Here we introduce a method to fully characterize path weak-values in a generalized Mach-Zehnder interferometer employing neither meter states nor weak interactions. We experimentally demonstrate the technique in matter-wave interferometry. We identify anomalous weak values and, equivalently, negative quasiprobability distributions, which reflect the nonclassical behavior of the quantum system. The approach relies uniquely on intensity measurements at the output ports of the interferometer combined with controlled relative phase shifts between the paths. The absence of meter states enables considerable simplification of the setup and shorter measurement times, while preserving full access to weak values with comparable or increased accuracy. The scheme is directly applicable to a broad class of experiments involving two-level quantum systems.

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