NMR implementation of a quantum delayed-choice experiment

Abstract

We report an experimental demonstration of a quantum delayed-choice experiment via nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. Two spin-1/2 nuclei from each molecule of a liquid ensemble are used as target and ancilla qubits. The circuit corresponding to the recently proposed quantum delayed-choice setup has been implemented with different states of an ancilla qubit. As expected theoretically, our experiments clearly demonstrate continuous morphing of the target qubit between particle-like and wave-like behaviors. The experimental visibility of the interference patterns shows good agreement with theory.