Simultaneous Measurement of Fringe Visibility and Path Predictability of Wave-Particle Duality

doi:10.1088/0256-307X/35/8/084202

Chin. Phys. Lett.

2018, Vol. 35

Issue (8): 084202 DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/35/8/084202

FUNDAMENTAL AREAS OF PHENOMENOLOGY(INCLUDING APPLICATIONS)

Simultaneous Measurement of Fringe Visibility and Path Predictability of Wave-Particle Duality

Jie-Hui Huang^1,2**, Tao Peng¹, Luo-Jia Wang¹, Shi-Yao Zhu^1,3

¹Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
²College of Physics and Communication Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022
³Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027

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Jie-Hui Huang, Tao Peng, Luo-Jia Wang et al 2018 Chin. Phys. Lett. 35 084202

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Abstract An experimental scheme to simultaneously obtain the information of fringe visibility and path predictability is designed. In a modified Young's double-slit experiment, two density filters rotating at different frequencies are placed before the two pineholes to encode path information. The spatial and temporal distributions of the output provide us with the wave and particle information of the single photons, respectively. The simultaneous measurement of the wave and particle information inevitably disturbs the system and thus causes some loss of the duality information, which is equal to the mixedness of the photonic state behind the density filters.

Received: 23 May 2018 Published: 15 July 2018

PACS:	42.25.Hz	(Interference)
	42.30.Lr	(Modulation and optical transfer functions)
	42.30.Va	(Image forming and processing)

Fund: Supported by the National Science Foundation (INSPIRE CREATIV) under Grant No PHY-1241032, the Robert A. Welch Foundation under Grant No A-1261, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 11664018.

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