Counterfactual communication without a trace in the transmission channel

Abstract We report an experimental realization of a modified counterfactual communication protocol that eliminates the dominant environmental trace left by photons passing through the transmission channel. Compared to Wheeler’s criterion for inferring past particle paths, as used in prior protocols,...

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Main Authors: Wei-Wei Pan, Xiao Liu, Xiao-Ye Xu, Qin-Qin Wang, Ze-Di Cheng, Jian Wang, Zhao-Di Liu, Geng Chen, Zong-Quan Zhou, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, Justin Dressel, Lev Vaidman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:npj Quantum Information
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-023-00756-y