2019/10/18 by Andrei Ludu, Ludu, A., J. A. G. Morris +3
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #81P15 #81P40 #81P45 #81V80 #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1910.09364
openalex publication_date 2019/10/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We explore a counterfactual protocol for energy transfer. A modified version of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer dissociates a photon's position and energy into separate channels, resulting in a photoelectric effect in one channel without the absorption of a photon. We use the quantum Zeno effect to extend our results by recycling the same photon through the system and obtain a stream of photoelectrons. If dissociation of properties such as energy can be demonstrated experimentally, there may be a variety of novel energy-related applications that may arise from the capacity to do non-local work. The dissociation of intrinsic properties, like energy, from elementary particles may also lead to theoretical discussions of the constitution of quantum objects.