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Three different implementations of interaction-free measurements (IFMs) in solid-state nanodevices are discussed. The first one is based on a series of concatenated Mach-Zehnder interferometers, in analogy to optical-IFM setups. The second…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 L. Chirolli , E. Strambini , V. Giovannetti , F. Taddei , V. Piazza , R. Fazio , F. Beltram , G. Burkard

We describe a high-speed interferometric method, using multiple angles of incidence and multiple wavelengths, to measure the absolute thickness, tilt, the local angle between the surfaces, and the refractive index of a fluctuating…

Optics · Physics 2020-08-26 Mengfei He , Sidney R. Nagel

Interaction-free measurement (IFM) is a promising technique for low-dose detection and imaging, offering the unique advantage of probing an object without absorption of the interrogating photons. We propose an experiment to demonstrate IFM…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Ron Cohen , Sharon Shwartz , Eliahu Cohen

Quantum imaging, one of the pillars of quantum technologies, is well-suited to study sensitive samples which require low-light conditions, like biological tissues. In this context, interaction-free measurements (IFM) allow us infer the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-03 Alexandra Maria Palici , Tudor-Alexandru Isdraila , Stefan Ataman , Radu Ionicioiu

We propose an experiment for the first proof of the type I electric Aharonov-Bohm effect in an ion interferometer for hydrogen. The performances of three different beam separation schemes are simulated and compared. The coherent ion beam is…

Quantum mechanics predicts that our physical reality is influenced by events that can potentially happen but factually do not occur. Interaction-free measurements (IFMs) exploit this counterintuitive influence to detect the presence of an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-25 J. Peise , B. Lücke , L. Pezzè , F. Deuretzbacher , W. Ertmer , J. Arlt , A. Smerzi , L. Santos , C. Klempt

Accurate beam modeling is important in many radio astronomy applications. In this paper, we focus on beam modeling for 21-cm intensity mapping experiments using radio interferometers, though the techniques also apply to single dish…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-16 Michael J. Wilensky , Philip Bull , Nicolas Fagnoni

Interaction-free measurement is thought to allow for quantum particles to detect objects along paths they never traveled. As such, it represents one of the most beguiling of quantum phenomena. Here, we present a classical analog of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Valeri Frumkin , John W. M. Bush

Interaction-free measurement is a surprising consequence of quantum interference, where the presence of objects can be sensed without any disturbance of the object being measured. Here we show an extension of interaction-free measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Charles Hill , Andrew D. Greentree , Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg

As first demonstrated by Hanbury Brown and Twiss, it is possible to observe interference between independent light sources by measuring correlations in their intensities rather than their amplitudes. In this work, we apply this concept of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-07 G. S. Thekkadath , D. England , F. Bouchard , Y. Zhang , M. S. Kim , B. Sussman

Using three-dimensional kinetic simulations, we examine the emission of collimated gamma-ray beams from structured laser-irradiated targets with a pre-filled cylindrical channel. The channel guides the incident laser pulse, enabling…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 O. Jansen , T. Wang , Z. Gong , X. Ribeyre , E. d'Humières , D. Stutman , T. Toncian , A. Arefiev

An instrument has been developed for precision controlled exposures of electronic devices and material samples in particle beams. The instrument provides simultaneously a real time record of the profile of the beam and the fluence received.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-03 M. R. Hoeferkamp , J. S. T. Wickramasinghe , A. Grummer , I. Rajen , S. Seidel

At the international linear collider, measurement of the beam profile at the interaction point is a key issue to achieve high luminosity. We report a simulation study on a new beam profile monitor, called the pair monitor, which uses the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-13 Kazutoshi Ito , Akiya Miyamoto , Tadashi Nagamine , Toshiaki Tauchi , Hitoshi Yamamoto , Yosuke Takubo , Yutaro Sato

Interference effects are usually observed by intensity measurement. Path indistinguishability by quantum complementarity principle requires projection of the interfering fields into a common indistinguishable mode before detection. On the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Yunxiao Zhang , Xuan Tang , Xueshi Guo , Liang Cui , Xiaoying Li , Z. Y. Ou

Quantum - or classically correlated - light can be employed in various ways to improve resolution and measurement sensitivity. In an "interaction-free" measurement, a single photon can be used to reveal the presence of an object placed…

A novel quantum imaging technique has recently been demonstrated in an experiment, where the photon used for illuminating an object is not detected; the image is obtained by interfering two beams, none of which ever interacts with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-06 Mayukh Lahiri , Radek Lapkiewicz , Gabriela Barreto Lemos , Anton Zeilinger

A novel and simple approach to optical wavelength measurement is presented in this paper. The working principle is demonstrated using a tunable waveguide micro ring resonator and single photodiode. The initial calibration is done with a set…

This letter proposes a novel anti-interference communication method leveraging computational antennas, utilizing time averaging and 1-bit reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) to achieve robust signal modulation with minimal hardware…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-10-20 Xiaocun Zong , Fan Yang , Shenheng Xu , Maokun Li

A novel interferometric method is presented for the measurement of the absolute energy of electron beams. In the year 2016, a pioneering experiment was performed using a 195 MeV beam of the Mainz Microtron (MAMI). The experimental setup…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-17 P. Klag , P. Achenbach , M. Biroth , T. Gogami , P. Herrmann , M. Kaneta , Y. Konishi , W. Lauth , S. Nagao , S. N. Nakamura , J. Pochodzalla , J. Roser , Y. Toyama

Optical interferometers with suspended mirrors are the archetype of all current audio-frequency gravitational-wave detectors. The radiation pressure interaction between the motion of the mirror and the circulating optical field in such…

Optics · Physics 2019-08-07 T. Bodiya , V. Sudhir , C. Wipf , N. Smith , A. Buikema , A. Kontos , H. Yu , N. Mavalvala