0309025v2

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{measurement, state, measurements}
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Nonclassical Properties of Coherent States

Lars M. Johansen

abstract: It is demonstrated that a weak measurement of the squared quadrature observable may yield negative values for coherent states. This result cannot be reproduced by a classical theory where quadratures are stochastic $c$-numbers. The real part of the weak value is a conditional moment of the Margenau-Hill distribution. The nonclassicality of coherent states can be associated with negative values of the Margenau-Hill distribution. A more general type of weak measurement is considered, where the pointer can be in an arbitrary state, pure or mixed.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0309025
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
4 pages. Some arguments rewritten, reference added to quant-ph/0402050. Conclusion unchanged
doi:
10.1016/j.physleta.2004.07.003
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0309025
journal_ref:
Phys. Lett. A 329 (2004) 184-187
created:
2003-09-02
updated:
2004-02-07

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