To Measure, or Not to Measure, That is the Question
arXiv:2003.04683 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.102.012213
Abstract
A method is proposed that allows one to infer the sum of the values of an observable taken during contacts with a pointer state. Hereby the state of the pointer is updated while contacted with the system and remains unchanged between contacts while the system evolves in time. After a prescribed number of such contacts the position of the pointer is determined by means of a projective measurement. The outcome is specified in terms of a probability distribution function for unitary and Markovian dissipative dynamics and compared with the results of the same number of generalized Gaussian measurements of the considered observable. As a particular example a qubit is considered with an observable contacting to the pointer that does not commute with the system Hamiltonian.
arXiv comment11 pages, 7 figures, comments are welcome
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