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Quantum Control in Foundational Experiments

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We describe a new class of experiments designed to probe the foundations of quantum mechanics. Using quantum controlling devices, we show how to attain a freedom in temporal ordering of the control and detection of various phenomena. We consider wave–particle duality in the context of quantum-controlled and the entanglement-assisted delayed-choice experiments. Then we discuss a quantum-controlled CHSH experiment and measurement of photon’s transversal position and momentum in a single set-up.

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Acknowledgments

R.G. and L.C. thank CAPES, CNPQ and INCT-IQ for partial financial support. T.J and R.B.M were supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. D.R.T. thanks the Center for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore for hospitality, Berge Englert, Valerio Scarani and Vlatko Vedral for useful discussions and Alla Terno for the help with visualizations. We are grateful to Chuan-Feng Li and Jian-Shun Tang for kindly sharing their data with us.

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  1. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil

    Lucas C. Céleri & Rafael M. Gomes

  2. Department of Theoretical Physics, National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest–Măgurele, Romania

    Radu Ionicioiu

  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Thomas Jennewein & Robert B. Mann

  4. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Robert B. Mann

  5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Daniel R. Terno

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Céleri, L.C., Gomes, R.M., Ionicioiu, R. et al. Quantum Control in Foundational Experiments. Found Phys 44, 576–587 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-014-9792-2

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