Erasing the orbital angular momentum information of a photon

被引:18
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作者
Nape, Isaac [1 ]
Ndagano, Bienvenu [1 ]
Forbes, Andrew [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Phys, Private Bag 3, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South Africa
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
QUANTUM ERASER; NEUTRON INTERFEROMETER; DELAYED CHOICE; LIGHT; COMPLEMENTARITY; INTERFERENCE; ENTANGLEMENT; INEQUALITY; MODES; BEAMS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.95.053859
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Quantum erasers with paths in the form of physical slits have been studied extensively and proven instrumental in probing wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics. Here we replace physical paths ( slits) with abstract paths of orbital angular momentum (OAM). Using spin-orbit hybrid entanglement of photons, we show that the OAM content of a photon can be erased with a complementary polarization projection of one of the entangled pair. The result is the (dis) appearance of azimuthal fringes based on whether the "which-OAM" information was erased. We extend this concept to a delayed measurement scheme and show that the OAM information and fringe visibility are complementary.
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