Schilling U, von Zanthier J (2012)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier
Book Volume: 376
Pages Range: 3479-3484
Journal Issue: 46
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2012.10.019
We introduce an observable for reading out a which-way detector in a Young-type interferometer whose eigenstates either contain full which-way information or none at all. We calculate the which-way knowledge kappa that can be retrieved from this observable and find that kappa depends on the phase difference delta that the interfering quantum object accumulates on its passage through the interferometer. It turns out that for certain phase shifts kappa(delta) equals one, independent of the visibility of the interference pattern. In addition, within a certain range of phase shifts kappa(delta) can be larger than the which-way information obtained from the observable recognized to provide optimal which-way information on average. (C) 2012 Elsevier BM. All rights reserved.
APA:
Schilling, U., & von Zanthier, J. (2012). Phase-dependent which-way information. Physics Letters A, 376(46), 3479-3484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2012.10.019
MLA:
Schilling, Uwe, and Joachim von Zanthier. "Phase-dependent which-way information." Physics Letters A 376.46 (2012): 3479-3484.
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