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    "abstract": "Weak values as introduced by Aharonov, Albert and Vaidman (AAV) are ensemble\naverage values for the results of weak measurements. They are interesting when\nthe ensemble is preselected on a particular initial state and postselected on a\nparticular final measurement result. I show that weak values arise naturally in\nquantum optics, as weak measurements occur whenever an open system is monitored\n(as by a photodetector). I use quantum trajectory theory to derive a\ngeneralization of AAV\u0027s formula to include (a) mixed initial conditions, (b)\nnonunitary evolution, (c) a generalized (non-projective) final measurement, and\n(d) a non-back-action-evading weak measurement. I apply this theory to the\nrecent Stony-Brook cavity QED experiment demonstrating wave-particle duality\n[G.T. Foster, L.A. Orozco, H.M. Castro-Beltran, and H.J. Carmichael, Phys. Rev.\nLett. {85}, 3149 (2000)]. I show that the ``fractional\u0027\u0027 correlation function\nmeasured in that experiment can be recast as a weak value in a form as simple\nas that introduced by AAV.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0112116",
    "authors": [
      "H. M. Wiseman"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.65.032111",
    "journal_ref": "PRA 65, 032111 (2002)",
    "title": "Weak Values, Quantum Trajectories, and the Stony-Brook Cavity QED   experiment",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0112116"
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