Nonlocal 'interaction-free' reduction of the state vector

Authors
Ryff, LC Monken, CH
Citation
Lc. Ryff et Ch. Monken, Nonlocal 'interaction-free' reduction of the state vector, J OPT B-QUA, 1(3), 1999, pp. 345-348
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF OPTICS B-QUANTUM AND SEMICLASSICAL OPTICS
ISSN journal
14644266 → ACNP
Volume
1
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
345 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
1464-4266(199906)1:3<345:N'ROTS>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A nonlocal 'interaction-free' experiment is discussed. It is shown that the absence of detection of a photon of a polarization-entangled pair can 'for ce' the other photon of the pair into a well-defined polarization state. It s consequences for a possible ontological interpretation of quantum mechani cal formalism are examined.