Quantum Interference and Inelastic Scattering in a Model Which-Way Device

Details Quantum Interference and Inelastic Scattering in a Model Which-Way Device Quantum Interference and Inelastic Scattering in a Model Which-Way Device

2002-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0209215v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

5 pages, 7 figures, Localisation 2002 Tokyo

Scientific paper

10.1016/S1386-9477(02)00991-8

A which-way device is one which is designed to detect which of 2 paths is taken by a quantum particle, whether Schr\"odinger's cat is dead or alive. One possible such device is represented by an Aharonov-Bohm ring with a quantum dot on one branch. A charged cantilever or spring is brought close to the dot as a detector of the presence of an electron. The conventional view of such a device is that any change in the state of the cantilever implies a change in the electron state which will in turn destroy the interference effects. In this paper we show that it is in fact possible to change the state of the oscillator while preserving the quantum interference phenomenon.

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