Abstract
Wheeler's gedanken experiment is the most fascinating and subtle illustration of wave-particle duality [1]. If we consider a single-photon light pulse in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, one can either measure the interference at the output – evidencing the “wave-like” behavior of the photon– or one can detect the path followed by the photon – evidencing its “particle-like” behavior. In order to pinpoint how surprising this is, John Wheeler considered a “delayed-choice” regime where the choice of measuring either property is done only after the photon has entered the interferometer.
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