Quantum cheshire cats

Yakir Aharonov; Sandu Popescu; Daniel Rohrlich; Paul Skrzypczyk

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/15/11/113015

Quantum cheshire cats

Yakir Aharonov, Sandu Popescu, Daniel Rohrlich, Paul Skrzypczyk

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In this paper we present a quantum Cheshire Cat. In a pre- and post-selected experiment we find the Cat in one place, and its grin in another. The Cat is a photon, while the grin is its circular polarization.

Original language	English
Article number	113015
Journal	New Journal of Physics
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/11/113015
State	Published - 1 Nov 2013

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