A comment on "Weak value amplification is suboptimal for estimation and detection"

2014/02/06 by Yaron Kedem, Kedem, Yaron
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1402.1352

Comment on arXiv:1307.4016

arxiv created 2014/02/06 · openalex publication_date 2014/02/06 · arxiv updated 2014/02/07 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

By assuming that the weak value is real, Ferrie and Combes render their result inapplicable to weak measurement experiments which are aimed at enhancing precision.

Citations

• Weak value amplification is suboptimal for estimation and detection

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