Search Results - "Hofmann, Holger F"
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Directional control of light by a nano-optical Yagi-Uda antenna
Published in Nature photonics (01-05-2010)“…The plasmon resonance of metal nanoparticles can direct light from optical emitters in much the same way that radiofrequency antennas direct the emission from…”
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Statistical Signatures of Quantum Contextuality
Published in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) (26-08-2024)“…Quantum contextuality describes situations where the statistics observed in different measurement contexts cannot be explained by a measurement of the…”
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How to put quantum particles on magic bullet trajectories that can hit two targets without a clear line-of-sight
Published in Scientific reports (12-04-2021)“…Quantum particles move in strange ways, even when they propagate freely in space. As a result of the uncertainty principle, it is not possible to control the…”
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Complex joint probabilities as expressions of reversible transformations in quantum mechanics
Published in New journal of physics (24-04-2012)“…The density operator of a quantum state can be represented as a complex joint probability of any two observables whose eigenstates have non-zero mutual…”
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The role of system-meter entanglement in controlling the resolution and decoherence of quantum measurements
Published in New journal of physics (01-10-2019)“…Measurement processes can be separated into an entangling interaction between the system and a meter and a subsequent readout of the meter state that does not…”
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Tracing quantum correlations back to collective interferences
Published in New journal of physics (01-06-2024)“…Abstract In this paper, we investigate the possibility of explaining nonclassical correlations between two quantum systems in terms of quantum interferences…”
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Violation of Leggett-Garg inequalities in quantum measurements with variable resolution and back-action
Published in New journal of physics (16-10-2012)“…Quantum mechanics violates Leggett-Garg inequalities because the operator formalism predicts correlations between different spin components that would…”
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Contextuality, coherences, and quantum Cheshire cats
Published in New journal of physics (01-11-2023)“…Abstract We analyse the quantum Cheshire cat using contextuality theory, to see if this can tell us anything about how best to interpret this paradox. We show…”
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On the role of complex phases in the quantum statistics of weak measurements
Published in New journal of physics (11-10-2011)Get full text
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Sequential measurements of non-commuting observables with quantum controlled interactions
Published in New journal of physics (24-06-2014)“…The origin of non-classical correlations is difficult to identify since the uncertainty principle requires that information obtained about one observable…”
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What Does the Operator Algebra of Quantum Statistics Tell Us about the Objective Causes of Observable Effects?
Published in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) (09-06-2020)“…Quantum physics can only make statistical predictions about possible measurement outcomes, and these predictions originate from an operator algebra that is…”
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Observation of non-classical correlations in sequential measurements of photon polarization
Published in New journal of physics (25-10-2016)“…A sequential measurement of two non-commuting quantum observables results in a joint probability distribution for all output combinations that can be explained…”
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A possible solution to the which-way problem of quantum interference
Published in Quantum Studies : Mathematics and Foundations (01-11-2023)“…It is commonly assumed that the observation of an interference pattern is incompatible with any information about the path taken by a quantum particle. Here we…”
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Realization of a Knill-Laflamme-Milburn controlled-NOT photonic quantum circuit combining effective optical nonlinearities
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-06-2011)“…Quantum information science addresses how uniquely quantum mechanical phenomena such as superposition and entanglement can enhance communication, information…”
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Evaluation of bipartite entanglement between two optical multi-mode systems using mode translation symmetry
Published in New journal of physics (25-10-2017)“…Optical multi-mode systems provide large scale Hilbert spaces that can be accessed and controlled using single photon sources, linear optics and photon…”
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Complementary classical fidelities as an efficient criterion for the evaluation of experimentally realized quantum operations
Published in Physical review letters (29-04-2005)“…It is shown that a good estimate of the fidelity of an experimentally realized quantum process can be obtained by measuring the outputs for only two…”
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Weak measurement of photon polarization by back-action-induced path interference
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An Entanglement Filter
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (23-01-2009)“…The ability to filter quantum states is a key capability in quantum information science and technology, in which one-qubit filters, or polarizers, have found…”
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Radiation pattern of plasmonic nano-antennas in a homogeneous medium
Published in Optics express (02-06-2014)“…Radiation patterns from plasmonic nano-antennas formed on a glass substrate were investigated using index-matching oils. It was confirmed that the pattern from…”
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Derivation of the statistics of quantum measurements from the action of unitary dynamics
Published in European physical journal plus (01-03-2018)“… Quantum statistics is defined by Hilbert space products between the eigenstates associated with state preparation and measurement. The same Hilbert space…”
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