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Phys. Rev. A 25, 2208–2213 (1982)

Quantum eraser: A proposed photon correlation experiment concerning observation and "delayed choice" in quantum mechanics

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Marlan O. Scully and Kai Drühl
Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, D-8046 Garching bei München, West Germany
Institute for Modern Optics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

Received 2 April 1981; published in the issue dated April 1982

We propose and analyze an experiment designed to probe the extent to which information accessible to an observer and the "eraser" of this information affects measured results. The proposed experiment could also be operated in a "delayed-choice" mode.

© 1982 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.25.2208
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10.1103/PhysRevA.25.2208
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