title: Nonsymmetrized correlations in quantum noninvasive measurements.
abstract: A long-standing problem in quantum mesoscopic physics is which operator order corresponds to noise expressions like <I(-ω)I(ω)>, where I(ω) is the measured current at frequency ω. Symmetrized order describes a classical measurement while nonsymmetrized order corresponds to a quantum detector, e.g., one sensitive to either emission or absorption of photons. We show that both order schemes can be embedded in quantum weak-measurement theory taking into account measurements with memory, characterized by a memory function which is independent of a particular experimental detection scheme. We discuss the resulting quasiprobabilities for different detector temperatures and how their negativity can be tested on the level of second-order correlation functions already. Experimentally, this negativity can be related to the squeezing of the many-body state of the transported electrons in an ac-driven tunnel junction.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Hoża 69, PL00-681 Warsaw, Poland. abednorz@fuw.edu.pl
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bednorz
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bruder
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reulet
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Belzig