Exploring postselection-induced quantum phenomena with time-bidirectional state formalism
arXiv:2210.01583 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.107.032419
Abstract
Here we present the time-bidirectional state formalism (TBSF) unifying in a general manner the standard quantum mechanical formalism with no postselection and the time-symmetrized two-state (density) vector formalism, which deals with postselected states. In the proposed approach, a quantum particle's state, called a time-bidirectional state, is equivalent to a joined state of two particles propagating in opposite time directions. For a general time-bidirectional state, we derive outcome probabilities of generalized measurements, as well as mean and weak values of Hermitian observables. We also show how the obtained expressions reduce to known ones in the special cases of no postselection and generalized two-state (density) vectors. Then we develop tomography protocols based on mutually unbiased bases and a symmetric informationally complete positive operator-valued measure, allowing experimental reconstruction of an unknown single qubit time-bidirectional state. Finally, we employ the developed techniques for tracking of a qubit's time-reversal journey in a quantum teleportation protocol realized with a cloud-accessible noisy superconducting quantum processor. The obtained results justify an existence of a postselection-induced qubit's proper time-arrow, which is different from the time-arrow of a classical observer, and demonstrate capabilities of the TBSF for exploring quantum phenomena brought forth by a postselection in the presence of noise.
arXiv comment15 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables
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