Universal conservation law governing the wave–particle duality and quantum entanglement

Kai Sun; Jin-Shi Xu; Chuan-Feng Li

doi:10.1038/s41377-025-01804-2

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Universal conservation law governing the wave–particle duality and quantum entanglement

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- Universal conservation law governing the wave–particle duality and quantum entanglement
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 14, Issue 5, Pages: 1177-1178(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  2.CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  3.Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Network, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 Anhui, China
  4.Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China
- Author bio：
  
  Jin-Shi Xu (jsxu@ustc.edu.cn)
  Chuan-Feng Li (cfli@ustc.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-01804-2
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- Published Online：27 March 2025，
  
  Published：31 May 2025
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Sun, K., Xu, J. S. & Li, C. F. Universal conservation law governing the wave–particle duality and quantum entanglement. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 1177-1178 (2025).
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Sun, K., Xu, J. S. & Li, C. F. Universal conservation law governing the wave–particle duality and quantum entanglement. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 1177-1178 (2025). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-01804-2.

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Abstract

Universal conservation laws of wave–particle–entanglement triad

which describe relations between the wave–particle duality of a quantum system and its entanglement with an ancilla quantum memory

are proposed and further demonstrated with silicon-integrated nanophotonic chips.

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