[1907.06707] Position measurement-induced collapse states: Proposal of an experiment Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Search arXiv Press Enter to search · Advanced search Quantum Physics arXiv:1907.06707 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 15 Jul 2019 ( v1 ), last revised 27 Sep 2019 (this version, v2)] Title: Position measurement-induced collapse states: Proposal of an experiment Authors: Moncy V. John , Kiran Mathew View a PDF of the paper titled Position measurement-induced collapse states: Proposal of an experiment, by Moncy V. John and 1 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: The quantum mechanical treatment of diffraction of particles, based on the standard postulates of quantum mechanics and the postulate of existence of quantum trajectories, leads to the `position measurement-induced collapse' (PMIC) states. An experimental set-up to test these PMIC states is proposed. The apparatus consists of a modified Lloyd's mirror in optics, with two reflectors instead of one. The diffraction patterns for this case predicted by the PMIC formalism are presented. They exhibit quantum fractal structures in space-time called `quantum carpets', first discovered by Berry (1996). The PMIC formalism in this case closely follows the `boundary bound diffraction' analysed in a previous work by Tounli, Alverado and Sanz (2019). In addition to obtaining their results, we have shown that the time evolution of these collapsed states also leads to Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffractions. It is anticipated that the verification of PMIC states by this experiment will help to better understand collapse of the wave function during quantum measurements. Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) ; Optics (physics.optics) Cite as: arXiv:1907.06707 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:1907.06707v2 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1907.06707 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Moncy Vilavinal John [ view email ] [v1] Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:22:06 UTC (684 KB) [v2] Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:18:35 UTC (1,724 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Position measurement-induced collapse states: Proposal of an experiment, by Moncy V. John and 1 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph < prev | next > new | recent | 2019-07 Change to browse by: physics physics.optics References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab) Major funding support from