Phase-controlled coherent photons for the quantum correlations in a delayed-choice quantum eraser scheme

Abstract

The delayed-choice quantum eraser has been intensively studied for the wave-particle duality of a single photon in an interferometric system over the last decades. Coincidence measurements between quantum erasers have also been applied for the nonlocal quantum feature, satisfying the Bell inequality violation. However, those quantum features have not been clearly understood yet, resulting in the quantum mystery. Recently a coherence approach has been tried for the quantum eraser to unveil the quantum mystery. Here, a phase quantization of higher-order intensity products between coherently controlled quantum erasers is presented using a quarter wave plate-induced phase shift between orthogonal polarization bases of a single photon. Theoretical solutions of both photonic-de-Broglie-wave-like quantum features and nonlocal quantum correlations are presented for further discussions of quantum mechanics.