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A Photonic System for Generating Unconditional Polarization-Entangled Photons Based on Multiple Quantum Interference
Published on: September 5, 2019
Duality in entanglement enabling a test of quantum indistinguishability unaffected by interactions
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
We point out an earlier unnoticed implication of quantum indistinguishability, namely, a property which we call "dualism" that characterizes the entanglement of two identical particles (say, two ions of the same species)--a feature which is absent in the entanglement of two nonidentical particles (say, two ions of different species). A crucial application of this property is that it can be used to test quantum indistinguishability without bringing the relevant particles together, thereby avoiding the effects of mutual interaction. This is in contrast to the existing tests of quantum indistinguishability. Such a scheme, being independent of the nature and strength of mutual interactions of the identical particles involved, has potential applications, including the probing of the transition from quantum indistinguishability to classical distinguishability.
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