TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jin, F.
AU  - Zhao, S.
AU  - Yuan, S.
AU  - De Raedt, H.
AU  - Michielsen, K.
TI  - Event-by-event simulation of a quantum eraser experiment
JO  - Journal of computational and theoretical nanoscience
VL  - 7
IS  - 9
SN  - 1546-1955
CY  - Stevenson Ranch, Calif.
PB  - American Scientific Publ.
M1  - PreJuSER-10789
SP  - 1771 - 1782
PY  - 2010
N1  - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
AB  - 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.
KW  - J (WoSType)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:18421121
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000280960100015
DO  - DOI:10.1166/jctn.2010.1542
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/10789
ER  -