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Frontiers in Optics

Engineering correlations with a spatially structured quantum eraser

Bereneice Sephton, Carlo Schiano, Lorenzo Marrucci, Corrado de Lisio, Vincenzo D’Ambrosio

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

Quantum interference is a resource for many quantum tasks, from computation to communication. We show that spatially structuring overlapping photons and exploiting which-way information can create a quantum eraser which sculpts correlations between the outputs.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2025.fth1e.4

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