Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Proposal for a quantum delayed-choice experiment.

Radu Ionicioiu1, Daniel R Terno

  • 1Centre for Quantum Science and Technology, Macquarie University, Sydney New South Wales 2109, Australia.

Physical Review Letters
|December 21, 2011
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

The de Broglie Wavelength02:32

The de Broglie Wavelength

In the macroscopic world, objects that are large enough to be seen by the naked eye follow the rules of classical physics. A billiard ball moving on a table will behave like a particle; it will continue traveling in a straight line unless it collides with another ball, or it is acted on by some other force, such as friction. The ball has a well-defined position and velocity or well-defined momentum, p = mv, which is defined by mass m and velocity v at any given moment. This is the typical...
The Quantum-Mechanical Model of an Atom02:45

The Quantum-Mechanical Model of an Atom

Shortly after de Broglie published his ideas that the electron in a hydrogen atom could be better thought of as being a circular standing wave instead of a particle moving in quantized circular orbits, Erwin Schrödinger extended de Broglie’s work by deriving what is now known as the Schrödinger equation. When Schrödinger applied his equation to hydrogen-like atoms, he was able to reproduce Bohr’s expression for the energy and, thus, the Rydberg formula governing hydrogen spectra. Schrödinger...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Unification of Energy Concepts in Generalized Phase Space Theories.

Physical review letters·2024
Same author

Interferometric Mass Spectrometry.

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry·2023
Same author

Cyclic permutations for qudits in d dimensions.

Scientific reports·2019
Same author

Publisher Correction: Is wave-particle objectivity compatible with determinism and locality?

Nature communications·2018
Same author

Sorting quantum systems efficiently.

Scientific reports·2016
Same author

Determinism, independence, and objectivity are incompatible.

Physical review letters·2015
Same journal

Erratum: Bacterial Turbulence at Compressible Fluid Interfaces [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 138301 (2026)].

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Unveiling Light-Quark Yukawa Flavor Structure via Dihadron Fragmentation at Lepton Colliders.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Adaptable Route to Fast Coherent State Transport via Bang-Bang-Bang Protocols.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Topological Transition and Emergence of Elasticity of Dislocation in Skyrmion Lattice: Beyond Kittel's Magnetic-Polar Analogy.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Pound-Drever-Hall Method for Superconducting-Qubit Readout.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Coupling a ^{73}Ge Nuclear Spin to an Electrostatically Defined Quantum Dot in Silicon.

Physical review letters·2026
See all related articles

Quantum mechanics challenges classical intuition. This study introduces a framework for quantum-controlled experiments, revealing that photons exhibit morphing particle-wave behavior and disproving realistic hidden-variable theories.

Area of Science:

  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Foundations of Physics
  • Quantum Information

Background:

  • Gedanken experiments bridge classical intuition and quantum mechanics.
  • The quantum behavior of controlling devices in experiments is an open question.
  • Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment is a key thought experiment in quantum mechanics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Propose a framework to analyze quantum-controlled experiments.
  • Investigate the quantum behavior of controlling devices.
  • Explore a quantum version of Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment.

Main Methods:

  • Developing a theoretical framework for quantum control.
  • Applying the framework to a quantum delayed-choice experiment.
  • Analyzing the implications of quantum control on measurement and theory.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • A single experimental setup can measure complementary phenomena, suggesting a redefined complementarity principle.
  • Demonstrated the impossibility of consistent hidden-variable theories with realistic particle and wave properties.
  • Showcased that a photon can exhibit a morphing behavior between particle and wave.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed framework provides new insights into quantum-controlled experiments.
  • Quantum control redefines the complementarity principle and challenges hidden-variable theories.
  • The framework is extendable to other quantum experiments like Bell inequality tests.