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View SchemaExperimental Realization of the Quantum Box Problem
| Authors | K. J. Resch, J. S. Lundeen, A. M. Steinberg |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0310091 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0310091 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.physleta.2004.02.042 |
| Journal | Physics Letters A, 324 vol.2-3, 125 (2004). |
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.
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