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The Rochester Conferences on Coherence and Quantum Optics and the Quantum Information and Measurement meeting

Quantum state steering by real-time adaptive measurements on a single nuclear spin

Machiel Blok, Cristian Bonato, V. V. Dobrovitski, Ronald Hanson

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present our most recent results on partial measurements of a nuclear spin in which the inevitable measurement back-action is controllably reduced. The post-selected measurement results can give rise to weak values. By using a real-time adaptive scheme the quantum state can be tuned using only measurements.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2013.th4a.3

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