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Optimized weak measurement for spatial spin-dependent shifts at Brewster angle

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As Brewster law goes, the polarization selectivity when a light beam reflected at Brewster angle is feasible. We find that this polarization selectivity is still effective incorporated with weak measurement. So we realize an optimized weak measurement technique without preselection polarizer. This scheme is exploited to observe the spatial spin-dependent shifts when a linearly polarized beam is reflected at Brewster angle. The theoretical and experimental results show that by changing the polarization orientation of incident beam, the in-plane spin-dependent shift direction can be reversed, while the out-of-plane spin-dependent shift direction keeps unchanged. Our results may enrich the application of weak measurement.

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This work was supported by 973 Program (2012CB921900), National Natural Science Foundations of China (11404262, 61205001, and 61377035), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (3102014JCQ01084 and 3102015ZY057), the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province (2015JQ1026), and the Innovation Foundation for Doctor Dissertation of Northwestern Polytechnical University (CX201629).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Yi Zhang, Peng Li, Sheng Liu, Lei Han, Huachao Cheng & Jianlin Zhao

  2. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Yi Zhang, Peng Li, Sheng Liu, Lei Han, Huachao Cheng & Jianlin Zhao

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Zhang, Y., Li, P., Liu, S. et al. Optimized weak measurement for spatial spin-dependent shifts at Brewster angle. Appl. Phys. B 122, 184 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-016-6459-z

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