Impossibility of measuring the wave function of a single quantum system

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作者
DAriano, GM
Yuen, HP
机构
[1] NORTHWESTERN UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,EVANSTON,IL 60208
[2] DIPARTIMENTO FIS A VOLTA,I-27100 PAVIA,ITALY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2832
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The general impossibility of determining the state of a single quantum system is proved for arbitrary measuring schemes, including a succession of measurements. Some recently proposed methods are critically examined. A scheme for tomographic measurements on a single copy of a radiation field is devised, showing that the system state is perturbed however weak the system-apparatus interaction is, due to the need of preparing the apparatus in a highly ''squeezed'' state.
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页码:2832 / 2835
页数:4
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