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Simultaneous observation of particle and wave behaviors of entangled photons
We theoretically study wave-particle duality of two entangled photons in the spirit of quantum version of delayed-choice experiments using Hadamard gate controlled by the quantum state of an ancilla and show that the two photons may globally exhibit particle-like, wave-like or simultaneously both pa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28211902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42539 |
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author | Man, Zhong-Xiao Xia, Yun-Jie An, Nguyen Ba |
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description | We theoretically study wave-particle duality of two entangled photons in the spirit of quantum version of delayed-choice experiments using Hadamard gate controlled by the quantum state of an ancilla and show that the two photons may globally exhibit particle-like, wave-like or simultaneously both particle-like and wave-like behavior. We prove that the obtained results cannot be satisfactorily explained by any hidden-variable theory. We also propose an efficient and experimentally feasible scheme without using any ancilla and controlled-gates to directly (i.e., without postselection) observe the two-photon wave-particle superposed state as well as the continuous transition of their behavior between wave-like one and particle-like one. |
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spelling | pubmed-53041832017-03-14 Simultaneous observation of particle and wave behaviors of entangled photons Man, Zhong-Xiao Xia, Yun-Jie An, Nguyen Ba Sci Rep Article We theoretically study wave-particle duality of two entangled photons in the spirit of quantum version of delayed-choice experiments using Hadamard gate controlled by the quantum state of an ancilla and show that the two photons may globally exhibit particle-like, wave-like or simultaneously both particle-like and wave-like behavior. We prove that the obtained results cannot be satisfactorily explained by any hidden-variable theory. We also propose an efficient and experimentally feasible scheme without using any ancilla and controlled-gates to directly (i.e., without postselection) observe the two-photon wave-particle superposed state as well as the continuous transition of their behavior between wave-like one and particle-like one. Nature Publishing Group 2017-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5304183/ /pubmed/28211902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42539 Text en Copyright © 2017, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Man, Zhong-Xiao Xia, Yun-Jie An, Nguyen Ba Simultaneous observation of particle and wave behaviors of entangled photons |
title | Simultaneous observation of particle and wave behaviors of entangled photons |
title_full | Simultaneous observation of particle and wave behaviors of entangled photons |
title_fullStr | Simultaneous observation of particle and wave behaviors of entangled photons |
title_full_unstemmed | Simultaneous observation of particle and wave behaviors of entangled photons |
title_short | Simultaneous observation of particle and wave behaviors of entangled photons |
title_sort | simultaneous observation of particle and wave behaviors of entangled photons |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28211902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42539 |
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