Wave-Particle Duality Controlled by Single-Photon Self-Entanglement

2020/01/06 by Xiao‐Feng Qian, Kumarasiri Konthasinghe, Qian, X. -F. +9
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum optics and atomic interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2001.01749

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Abstract

We experimentally observe that quantum duality of a single photon is controlled by its self-entanglement through a three-way quantum coherence identity V²+D²+C²=1. Here V, D, C represent waveness, particleness, and self-entanglement respectively.

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