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Visualizing Quantum State Rotations through Weak Measurements of Orbital Angular Momentum

Mehul Malik, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Martin P. J. Lavery, Jonathan Leach, Miles J. Padgett, Robert W. Boyd

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Using the technique of direct measurement, we observe the action of the angular momentum operator as the generator of rotations. Our method employs weak measurements of orbital angular momentum and strong measurements of angular position.

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Key concepts: Angular momentum, Angular momentum coupling, Angular momentum of light, Angular momentum operator, Orbital angular momentum of light, Physics, Total angular momentum quantum number, Orbital motion