Joint measurements of spin, operational locality, and uncertainty

Andersson, Erika and Barnett, Stephen M. and Aspect, Alain (2005) Joint measurements of spin, operational locality, and uncertainty. Physical Review A, 72 (4). 042104. ISSN 1050-2947 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.72.042104)

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Abstract

Joint, or simultaneous, measurements of noncommuting observables are possible within quantum mechanics, if one accepts an increase in the variances of the jointly measured observables. In this paper, we discuss joint measurements of a spin-1/2 particle along any two directions. Starting from an operational locality principle, it is shown how to obtain a bound on how sharp the joint measurement can be. We give a direct interpretation of this bound in terms of an uncertainty relation.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:2858
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    13 October 2005
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Mr Derek Boyle
    Date deposited:02 Feb 2007
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 08:32
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/2858
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