The real and imaginary parts of a weak value appearing as back-actions via a post-selection
arXiv:1909.04806
Abstract
In a weak measurement the real and imaginary parts of a weak value participate in the shifts of the complementary variables of a pointer. While the real part represents the value of an observable in the limit of zero measurement strength, the imaginary one is regarded as the back-action due to the measurement with a post-selection, which has an influence on the post-selection probability. In this paper I give a case in which a real part could also appear as such a back-action in a post-selection probability on an equal footing with an imaginary one. It is also shown that both of the real and imaginary parts can be inferred by observing the probability in practice, which has an advantage that an additional system of a pointer is not needed.
arXiv comment6 pages, 3 figures
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