Experimental demonstration of separating the wave‒particle duality of a single photon with the quantum Cheshire cat

Jia-Kun Li; Kai Sun; Yan Wang; Ze-Yan Hao; Zheng-Hao Liu; Jie Zhou; Xing-Yan Fan; Jing-Ling Chen; Jin-Shi Xu; Chuan-Feng Li; Guang-Can Guo

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-01063-5

Light: Science & Applications (Jan 2023)

Experimental demonstration of separating the wave‒particle duality of a single photon with the quantum Cheshire cat

Jia-Kun Li,
Kai Sun,
Yan Wang,
Ze-Yan Hao,
Zheng-Hao Liu,
Jie Zhou,
Xing-Yan Fan,
Jing-Ling Chen,
Jin-Shi Xu,
Chuan-Feng Li,
Guang-Can Guo

Affiliations

Jia-Kun Li: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China
Kai Sun: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China
Yan Wang: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China
Ze-Yan Hao: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China
Zheng-Hao Liu: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China
Jie Zhou: Theoretical Physics Division, Chern Institute of Mathematics, Nankai University
Xing-Yan Fan: Theoretical Physics Division, Chern Institute of Mathematics, Nankai University
Jing-Ling Chen: Theoretical Physics Division, Chern Institute of Mathematics, Nankai University
Jin-Shi Xu: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China
Chuan-Feng Li: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China
Guang-Can Guo: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-01063-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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We experimentally demonstrate the separation of wave and particle properties of a single photon inspired by quantum Cheshire cat via the weak measurement in the scheme of imaginary-time evolution.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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