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Research in Optical Sciences

A quantum delayed-choice experiment enabled by entanglement

Florian Kaiser, T. Coudreau, P. Milman, Daniel B. Ostrowsky, Sébastien Tanzilli

Published Jan 1, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

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.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2014.qtu1a.5

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