Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy (SRFM) provides a better resolution than conventional fluorescence microscopy by reducing the point spread function (PSF). PSF is the light intensity distribution from a point that causes it to appear blurred. Due to PSF, each fluorescing point appears bigger than its actual size, and it is the PSF interference of nearby fluorophores that causes the blurred image. Various approaches to achieving higher resolution through SRFM have recently been...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Retrocausal Capacity of a Quantum Channel: Communicating through Noisy Closed Timelike Curves.

Physical review letters·2026

Same author

When Does a Spin Flip? Arrival Time Distributions and Information Propagation in Discrete Quantum Systems.

Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)·2026

Same author

Maximizing Free Energy Gain.

Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)·2025

Same author

Author Correction: Quantum computational finance for martingale asset pricing in incomplete markets.

Scientific reports·2024

Same author

Quantum computational finance for martingale asset pricing in incomplete markets.

Scientific reports·2024

Same author

Unscrambling Quantum Information with Clifford Decoders.

Physical review letters·2024

Same journal

Erratum: Bacterial Turbulence at Compressible Fluid Interfaces [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 138301 (2026)].

Physical review letters·2026

Same journal

Unveiling Light-Quark Yukawa Flavor Structure via Dihadron Fragmentation at Lepton Colliders.

Physical review letters·2026

Same journal

Adaptable Route to Fast Coherent State Transport via Bang-Bang-Bang Protocols.

Physical review letters·2026

Same journal

Topological Transition and Emergence of Elasticity of Dislocation in Skyrmion Lattice: Beyond Kittel's Magnetic-Polar Analogy.

Physical review letters·2026

Same journal

Pound-Drever-Hall Method for Superconducting-Qubit Readout.

Physical review letters·2026

Same journal

Coupling a ^{73}Ge Nuclear Spin to an Electrostatically Defined Quantum Dot in Silicon.

Physical review letters·2026

See all related articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Apr 5, 2026

A Protocol for Real-time 3D Single Particle Tracking

A Protocol for Real-time 3D Single Particle Tracking

Published on: January 3, 2018

Quantum Stroboscopy for Time Measurements.

Seth Lloyd¹, Lorenzo Maccone², Lionel Martellini³

¹Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Physical Review Letters

|April 3, 2026

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Quantum stroboscopic measurements overcome Mielnik's argument, enabling particle arrival time detection. This method uses repeated projective measurements on multiple systems to determine arrival time distributions, bypassing the Zeno effect.

More Related Videos

High-speed Continuous-wave Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Spectrometer for Material Analysis

High-speed Continuous-wave Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Spectrometer for Material Analysis

Published on: September 22, 2017

High-Throughput Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence and Direct Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy Using a Photonic Chip

High-Throughput Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence and Direct Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy Using a Photonic Chip

Published on: November 16, 2019

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Apr 5, 2026

A Protocol for Real-time 3D Single Particle Tracking

A Protocol for Real-time 3D Single Particle Tracking

Published on: January 3, 2018

High-speed Continuous-wave Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Spectrometer for Material Analysis

High-speed Continuous-wave Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Spectrometer for Material Analysis

Published on: September 22, 2017

High-Throughput Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence and Direct Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy Using a Photonic Chip

High-Throughput Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence and Direct Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy Using a Photonic Chip

Published on: November 16, 2019

Area of Science:

Quantum mechanics
Quantum measurement theory

Background:

Mielnik's cannonball argument posits that projective measurements prevent determining particle arrival times due to the Zeno effect.
The Zeno effect causes repeated wave function collapse, preventing a particle from reaching its destination.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce quantum stroboscopic measurements as a novel method for determining particle arrival times.
Provide a framework for obtaining time-of-arrival distributions using projective measurements.

Main Methods:

Accumulate statistics from projective position measurements on different copies of a quantum system at various times.
Analyze the behavior of quantum stroboscopy in appropriate limits.

Main Results:

Quantum stroboscopy successfully obtains time-of-arrival distributions.
The method yields statistics equivalent to conventional 'always on' detectors using weak continuous measurements.
Demonstrates applicability to general time measurements and conditional probability distributions.

Conclusions:

Quantum stroboscopy offers a viable solution to Mielnik's paradox regarding particle arrival time.
This technique expands the possibilities for time measurements in quantum mechanics.
The method provides a new tool for analyzing quantum system dynamics over time.