Significance of the imaginary part of the weak value

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dressel, J ^a   Jordan, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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COUPLING STRENGTHS; DIRECTIONAL DERIVATIVE; GAUSSIANS; IMAGINARY PARTS; INITIAL STATE; LINDBLAD; LINEAR RESPONSE; MEASUREMENT DISTURBANCES; OPERATIONAL INTERPRETATION; QUANTUM OPERATIONS; QUBIT MEASUREMENT; REAL PART; VON NEUMANN MEASUREMENT; WEAK VALUES;

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EID: 84856167987     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.012107     Document Type: Article

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