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Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment: a standalone construct

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a thought experiment in which the choice to observe wave or particle behaviour of a photon is made after it has entered the interferometer.

In quantum foundations, Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment refers to a thought experiment in which the choice to observe wave or particle behaviour of a photon is made after it has entered the interferometer. This meaning comes from Wheeler (1978) in Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Theory.[1]

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Wheeler, J. A. (1978). The “Past” and the “Delayed-Choice” Double-Slit Experiment. In Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Theory (pp. 9-48). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-473250-6.50006-6

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