The Quantum Eraser from a Weak Values Perspective

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.10320v2
• Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 13:13:36 GMT
• Title: The Quantum Eraser from a Weak Values Perspective
• Authors: Tom Rivlin
• Abstract summary: The interference fringes that appear when measuring certain spin states, which can then be 'erased' when measuring other spin states, are shown to be anomalous weak values that depend on particular post-selection choices. Specifically, claims about the choice of spin-state retrocausally' influencing the choice of slit(s) for the particles to travel through are discredited.
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• Abstract: The quantum eraser variant of the double-slit experiment, and its 'delayed choice' sub-variant, are considered from the perspective of weak value and weak measurement theory (which is briefly reintroduced here). The interference fringes that appear when measuring certain spin states, which can then be 'erased' when measuring other spin states, are shown to be anomalous weak values that depend on particular post-selection choices. By framing the choice of spin measurement as a weak value of a certain weak measurement, it is then made clear what physical claims can and cannot be made about what occurs in the quantum eraser experiment. Specifically, claims about the choice of spin-state `retrocausally' influencing the choice of slit(s) for the particles to travel through are discredited, and a simple framework is presented for understanding how the fringes arise and why they can be 'erased'.

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