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Area of Science:

  • Quantum Measurement
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Precision Measurement

Background:

  • Postselected weak measurement is a protocol for amplifying weak physical effects.
  • Recent controversy exists regarding the precision advantages of postselected weak measurement.
  • Retaining failed postselections can increase Fisher information, but the benefit of postselection itself needs clarification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To clarify the precision advantage of postselected weak measurement itself.
  • To investigate two estimation strategies: averaging measurement results and maximum likelihood estimation.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of averaging measurement results for postselected weak measurements.
  • Analysis of maximum likelihood estimation for postselected weak measurements.
  • Comparison with standard weak measurements using coherent and squeezed coherent states.

Main Results:

  • Squeezed coherent states in postselected weak measurements yield higher signal-to-noise ratios than standard measurements.
  • Standard coherent states do not provide an advantage with postselection, indicating the need for nonclassicality.
  • Quantum Fisher information is generally larger for postselected weak measurements compared to standard ones, even without failed events.

Conclusions:

  • Postselected weak measurements can offer enhanced precision, particularly when pointer states exhibit nonclassicality.
  • The advantage of postselection in weak measurements is linked to the nonclassical properties of the pointer states.
  • Maximum likelihood estimation shows a general quantum Fisher information advantage for postselected weak measurements, which can be optimized by system state selection.