A quantum delayed-choice experiment enabled via entanglement

Florian Kaiser (1) , Thomas Coudreau (2) , Pérola Milman (2) , Daniel Barry Ostrowsky (1) , Sébastien Tanzilli (1)

1 LPMC - Laboratoire de physique de la matière condensée
2 MPQ (UMR_7162) - Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques

We report a quantum delayed-choice experiment based on entanglement, enabling to continuously morph single photons behavior from wave-like to particle-like, illustrating the inadequacy of a naive wave or particle description of light.

Domaines: Physique Quantique [quant-ph]

Florian Kaiser, Thomas Coudreau, Pérola Milman, Daniel Barry Ostrowsky, Sébastien Tanzilli. A quantum delayed-choice experiment enabled via entanglement. Quantum Inf. and Measurements (QIM), Mar 2014, Berlin, Germany. ⟨hal-01054247⟩