Phys. Rev. A 58, 836 - 839 (1998)

Dynamical analysis of seemingly interaction-free measurements

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A. Luis and L. L. Sánchez-Soto
Departamento de Óptica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Received 16 December 1997

A full quantum analysis of 100% efficient interaction-free measurements is presented. It is shown that it is possible to describe consistently the phenomenon in terms of an effective interaction between object and apparatus that disturbs measurable quantities of the observed system.


©1998 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v58/p836
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.836
PACS: 03.65.Bz, 42.50.Dv

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