TY - JOUR
T1 - Turning off quantum duality
AU - Qian, X. F.
AU - Konthasinghe, K.
AU - Manikandan, S. K.
AU - Spiecker, D.
AU - Vamivakas, A. N.
AU - Eberly, J. H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - We provide the first experimental confirmation of a three-way quantum coherence identity possessed by single pure-state photons. Our experimental results demonstrate that traditional wave-particle duality is specifically limited by this identity. As a consequence, we show that quantum duality itself can be amplified, attenuated, or turned completely off. In the Young double-slit context this quantum coherence identity is found to be directly relevant, and it supplies a rare quantitative backup for one of Bohr's philosophical pronouncements.
AB - We provide the first experimental confirmation of a three-way quantum coherence identity possessed by single pure-state photons. Our experimental results demonstrate that traditional wave-particle duality is specifically limited by this identity. As a consequence, we show that quantum duality itself can be amplified, attenuated, or turned completely off. In the Young double-slit context this quantum coherence identity is found to be directly relevant, and it supplies a rare quantitative backup for one of Bohr's philosophical pronouncements.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.012016
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.012016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088939735
SN - 2643-1564
VL - 2
JO - Physical Review Research
JF - Physical Review Research
IS - 1
M1 - 012016
ER -