Reversing the weak quantum measurement for a photonic qubit.
We demonstrate the conditional reversal of a weak (partial-collapse) quantum measurement on a photonic qubit. The weak quantum measurement causes a nonunitary transformation of a qubit which is subsequently reversed to the original state after a successful reversing operation. Both the weak measurement and the reversal operation are implemented linear optically. The state recovery fidelity, determined by quantum process tomography, is shown to be over 94% for partial-collapse strength up to 0.9. We also experimentally study information gain due to the weak measurement and discuss the role of the reversing operation as an information erasure.
Kim
Yong-Su
YS
Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Korea. yskim25@postech.ac.kr
Cho
Young-Wook
YW
Ra
Young-Sik
YS
Kim
Yoon-Ho
YH