An x-ray quantum eraser setup for time-energy complementarity
Abstract
A new quantum eraser setup exploiting for the first time the time-energy complementarity relation in the x-ray regime is investigated theoretically. Starting point is the interference process between x-ray quanta driving two nuclear hyperfine transitions in a nuclear forward scattering setup. We show that which-way information can be obtained by marking the scattering paths with orthogonal polarization states, thus leading to the disappearance of the interference pattern. In turn, erasure of the which-way information leads to the reappearance of the interference fringes. We put forward two schemes using resonant scattering off nuclear targets and design which-way marking procedures to realize the quantum eraser setup for x-ray quanta.
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@article{arxiv.1608.06731,
title = {An x-ray quantum eraser setup for time-energy complementarity},
author = {Jonas Gunst and Adriana Pálffy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.06731},
year = {2016}
}
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13 pages, 7 figures