Title :
Direct counterfactual communication with single photons
Author :
Yuan Cao ; Yu-Huai Li ; Zhu Cao ; Juan Yin ; Yu-Ao Chen ; Xiongfeng Ma ; Cheng-Zhi Peng ; Jian-Wei Pan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Modern Phys., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. of China, Hefei, China
Abstract :
Using a single photon source, we experimentally demonstrate counterfactual communication and successfully transfer a monochrome bitmap from one location to another by employing a nested version of the quantum Zeno effect.
Keywords :
optical communication; quantum communication; quantum optics; direct counterfactual communication; monochrome bitmap transfer; quantum Zeno effect; single photon source; Communication systems; Detectors; Educational institutions; Optical interferometry; Photonics; Physics; Quantum computing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
