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Another Quantum Eraser Experiment with Two-photon States of Light

  • Kim, Tae-Soo (School of Mathematics and Applied Physics, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Ko, Jeong-Hoon (School of Mathematics and Applied Physics, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Kim, Heonoh (School of Mathematics and Applied Physics, University of Ulsan)
  • Received : 2002.05.08
  • Published : 2002.09.01
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Abstract

The quantum eraser experiment was revisited, using entangled photons of visible light in a Hong-Ou-Handel type interferometer with a magnitude two orders higher than before in count rates. We introduced which-path information by polarization and subsequently erasied this information by means of polarizers in front of detectors. It was found that the visibility of the interference fringe is revived from 0% to 88% as the polarizers are changed from 0$^{\circ}$ to 45$^{\circ}$.

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