PBS Entanglement: Implications & Uses

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The discussion centers on the implications and uses of particle entanglement, specifically in relation to polarizing beam splitters. It is established that a polarizing beam splitter does not perform a measurement, allowing for the potential recreation of an entangled beam when combined with a second polarizing beam splitter used in reverse. However, the original state cannot be restored if the path information of the beam is known, as this would indicate irreversible alteration. This highlights the delicate balance between measurement and entanglement in quantum mechanics.

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I've heard that if two particles are entangled, and one of them is run through a polarizing beam splitter, the beam can be recreated and the entanglement continues. What are the implications of this? Is there actually any use? Thanks
 
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A polarizing beam splitter doesn't do any irreversible thing (in some language, this would be said as "the polarizing beam splitter doesn't do a measurement"). So if you combine the two beams that come out of a polarizing beam splitter again (actually, using a second polarizing beam splitter used in reverse), then indeed, you restore in principle the exact original beam, with all its entangled properties and everything. Point is, you won't know which path the beam took after the beam splitter (if you do, then that means you've irreversibly altered something, and then you cannot restore the original state).
 

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