Title
A time-energy delayed-choice interference experiment for the undergraduate laboratory
Date Issued
19 August 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Colgate University
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics
Abstract
Laboratory experiments that illustrate the fundamentals of quantum physics are powerful teaching instruments because they re-enact thought experiments, allowing students to think deeper about the quantum-mechanical principles involved. Interference, wave-particle duality and entanglement are among the most important predictions of quantum mechanics. They are abstract and counter-intuitive. More recent concepts that help illustrate these subtleties include quantum erasure and delayed choice. In this article we present an experiment for the undergraduate laboratory that involves all of these issues or concepts. The experiment entails only minor modifications to a well-known setup for doing single-photon interference. In this article we present the experiment, its results and a theoretical description.
Volume
40
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física y Astronomía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85072623298
Source
European Journal of Physics
ISSN of the container
01430807
Sponsor(s)
We thank B Khajavi and JA Jones for help useful discussions and CH Holbrow for valuable feedback. This work was funded by NSF Grant No. PHY-1506321.
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