Protective measurements of photon polarization using a temporal pointer
arXiv:2308.13122 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.108.022420
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate protective measurements by weakly coupling the polarization of a single-photon-level field to a measurement pointer that corresponds to the arrival time of the photon. By using an optical loop, we implement a variable, controlled number (1-9) of protection and measurement stages. We demonstrate the measurement of expectation values of photon polarization by measuring arrival times while simultaneously protecting the polarization state. No knowledge of the initial photon state is required or available in our experiment, demonstrating that protective measurements provide a genuine information gain that cannot simply be reduced to a priori information about the protection procedure.
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