which-path information

noun

which-path information

noun
1

information about which path a particle has taken through space

Quantum information

  • Suppose we don't do any measurement on the k beam: we just remove detector D#95;i. We shall now obtain no which-path information.2005, Christopher Gerry, Peter Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics:

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