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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 31: Poster: Quantum Optics and Photonics I

Q 31.88: Poster

Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 17:00–19:00, P OG1+2

Weak meassurement of a rotated mode function — •Sabrina Hartmann, Joachim Fischbach, and Matthias Freyberger — Institut für Quantenphysik, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany

We present a complete quantum optical description of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, including a Dove prism, which is rotated by a small angle compared to the plane of incidence [1]. The Dove prism changes polarization and rotates the mode function in one arm of the interferometer. We can then postselect photons at the output via polarization and identify a weak value in the correlation function of first order. This allows us to weakly measure the angle, by which the mode function was rotated. Furthermore, we evaluate this interferometric set-up for specific non-classical states.

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