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标题：Experimental Test of Tracking the King Problem
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作者：Cheng-Qiu Hu ; Jun Gao ; Lu-Feng Qiao 等
期刊名称：Research
电子版ISSN：2639-5274
出版年度：2019
卷号：2019
页码：1-6
DOI：10.34133/2019/3474305
语种：English
出版社：American Association for the Advancement of Science
摘要：In quantum theory, the retrodiction problem is not as clear as its classical counterpart because of the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. In classical physics, the measurement outcomes of the present state can be used directly for predicting the future events and inferring the past events which is known as retrodiction. However, as a probabilistic theory, quantum-mechanical retrodiction is a nontrivial problem that has been investigated for a long time, of which the Mean King Problem is one of the most extensively studied issues. Here, we present the first experimental test of a variant of the Mean King Problem, which has a more stringent regulation and is termed “Tracking the King.” We demonstrate that Alice, by harnessing the shared entanglement and controlled-not gate, can successfully retrodict the choice of King’s measurement without knowing any measurement outcome. Our results also provide a counterintuitive quantum communication to deliver information hidden in the choice of measurement.