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View SchemaInterference in dielectrics and pseudo-measurements
| Authors | Todd A. Brun, Stephen M. Barnett |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9612032 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9612032 |
| DOI | 10.1080/09500349808230621 |
| Journal | J.Mod.Opt. 45 (1998) 777 |
Abstract
Inserting a lossy dielectric into one arm of an interference experiment acts in many ways like a measurement. If two entangled photons are passed through the interferometer, a certain amount of information is gained about which path they took, and the interference pattern in a coincidence count measurement is suppressed. However, by inserting a second dielectric into the other arm of the interferometer, one can restore the interference pattern. Two of these pseudo-measurements can thus cancel each other out. This is somewhat analogous to the proposed quantum eraser experiments.
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