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View SchemaWeak Measurements and Counterfactual Computation
| Authors | Onur Hosten, Paul G. Kwiat |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0612159 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0612159 |
Abstract
Vaidman, in a recent article adopts the method of 'quantum weak measurements in pre- and postselected ensembles' to ascertain whether or not the chained-Zeno counterfactual computation scheme proposed by Hosten et al. is counterfactual; which has been the topic of a debate on the definition of counterfactuality. We disagree with his conclusion, which brings up some interesting aspects of quantum weak measurements and some concerns about the way they are interpreted.
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