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Title: Quantum Measurement and the Real World

Abstract

While quantum measurement remains the central philosophical conundrum of quantum mechanics, it has recently grown into a respectable (read: experimental!) discipline as well. New perspectives on measurement have grown out of new technological possibilities, but also out of attempts to design systems for quantum information processing. I will present several examples of how our current ideas on quantum measurement go far beyond the usual textbook treatments, using examples from our entangled-photon and ultracold-atoms laboratories in Toronto. Topics will be drawn from weak measurement, 'interaction-free' measurement, Hardy's Paradox, measurement-induced quantum logic, and techniques for controlling and characterizing the coherence of quantum systems. The moral of the story will be that there are many different kinds of measurement strategies, with their own advantages and disadvantages; and that some things we have been taught not to even think about can actually be measured in a certain sense.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. University of Toronto
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
FNAL (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States))
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1039663
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Resource Relation:
Conference: Fermilab Colloquia, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batvia, Illinois (United States), presented on April 18, 2012
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ATOMS; BLACK HOLES; CRITICALITY; CUPRATES; EXACT SOLUTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NERNST EFFECT; NEUTRONS; PHYSICS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUARK MATTER; STARS; SUPERCONDUCTORS; TRANSPORT; UNIVERSE

Citation Formats

Steinberg, Aephraim M. Quantum Measurement and the Real World. United States: N. p., 2012. Web.
Steinberg, Aephraim M. Quantum Measurement and the Real World. United States.
Steinberg, Aephraim M. Wed . "Quantum Measurement and the Real World". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1039663.
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year = {Wed Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
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