%0 Journal Article
%A Jin, F.
%A Zhao, S.
%A Yuan, S.
%A De Raedt, H.
%A Michielsen, K.
%T Event-by-event simulation of a quantum eraser experiment
%J Journal of computational and theoretical nanoscience
%V 7
%N 9
%@ 1546-1955
%C Stevenson Ranch, Calif.
%I American Scientific Publ.
%M PreJuSER-10789
%P 1771 - 1782
%D 2010
%Z Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
%X We present a computer simulation model that is a one-to-one copy of a quantum eraser experiment with photons (P. D. D. Schwindt et al., Phys. Rev. A 60, 4285 (1999)). The model is solely based on experimental facts, satisfies Einstein's criterion of local causality and does not require knowledge of the solution of a wave equation. Nevertheless, the simulation model reproduces the averages as obtained from the wave mechanical description of the quantum eraser experiment, proving that it is possible to give a particle-only description of quantum eraser experiments with photons. We demonstrate that although the visibility can be used as a measure for the interference, it cannot be used to quantify the wave character of a photon. The classical particle-like simulation model renders the concept of wave-particle duality, used to explain the outcome of the quantum eraser experiment with photons, superfluous.
%K J (WoSType)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:18421121
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000280960100015
%R 10.1166/jctn.2010.1542
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/10789