Abstract
We report an experiment of which-way information and a quantum eraser based on polarization-controlled interference of two twisted light beams carrying high orbital angular momentum (OAM) up to and , respectively. By changing the polarization plane of one OAM beam from 0° to 90° with respect to that of the other OAM beam, we observe the gradual disappearance of the interference petal-like patterns into the noninterference single bright rings. Subsequently, we use the eraser of a diagonal polarizer to retrieve the characteristic petal-like interference. The experimental results can be well explained in the frame of single-photon Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger-like (GHZ-like) entanglement. Our work may be beneficial to understanding the wave-particle duality of light.
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