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View SchemaOptical telecom networks as weak measurements with post-selection
| Authors | Nicolas Brunner |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0309055 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309055 |
Abstract
In this work we establish a link between two apparently unrelated subjects: polarization effects in optical fibers and devices, and the quantum theory of weak measurements. We show that the abstract concept of weak measurements followed by post-selection, introduced a decade ago by quantum theorists, naturally appears in the everyday physics of telecom networks.
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