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View SchemaReversible quantum measurement with arbitrary spins
| Authors | Hiroaki Terashima, Masahito Ueda |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0507020 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0507020 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.012102 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev. A74 (2006) 012102 |
Abstract
We propose a physically reversible quantum measurement of an arbitrary spin-s system using a spin-j probe via an Ising interaction. In the case of a spin-1/2 system (s=1/2), we explicitly construct a reversing measurement and evaluate the degree of reversibility in terms of fidelity. The recovery of the measured state is pronounced when the probe has a high spin (j>1/2), because the fidelity changes drastically during the reversible measurement and the reversing measurement. We also show that the reversing measurement scheme for a spin-1/2 system can serve as an experimentally feasible approximate reversing measurement for a high-spin system (s>1/2). If the interaction is sufficiently weak, the reversing measurement can recover a cat state almost deterministically in spite of there being a large fidelity change.
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