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Nonclassical interaction-free detection of objects in a monolithic total-internal-reflection resonator

Harry Paul, Mladen Pavicic

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9908023

Abstract

We show that with an efficiency exceeding 99% one can use a monolithic total-internal-reflection resonator in order to ascertain the presence of an object without transferring a quantum of energy to it. We also propose an experiment on the probabilistic meaning of the electric field that contains only a very few photons.

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