Experimental Realization of the Quantum Box Problem
arXiv:quant-ph/0310091 · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2004.02.042
Abstract
The three-box problem is a gedankenexperiment designed to elucidate some interesting features of quantum measurement and locality. A particle is prepared in a particular superposition of three boxes, and later found in a different (but nonorthogonal) superposition. It was predicted that appropriate "weak" measurements of particle position in the interval between preparation and post-selection would find the particle in two different places, each with certainty. We verify these predictions in an optical experiment and address the issues of locality and of negative probability.
5 pages, 4 figures