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Ma, X.S., Kofler, J., Qarry, A., Tetik, N., Scheidl, T., Ursin, R., et al. (2013) Quantum Erasure with Causally Disconnected Choice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110, 1221-1226.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1213201110

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• TITLE: Configuration-Dependent Complex Time in Delayed-Choice Interferometry

  AUTHORS: Gaël Ronsyn

  KEYWORDS: Delayed-Choice Experiment, Coherence, Imaginary Time, Dephasing, Temporal CHSH

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Quantum Information Science, Vol.16 No.2, June 23, 2026

  ABSTRACT: We introduce a configuration-dependent parametrisation of coherence in Wheeler’s delayed-choice experiment based on the complex quantity T=t?iτ . The real component t retains its usual causal role, while the imaginary component τ encodes the attenuation of coherence without representing a physical time coordinate or an additional degree of freedom. Different interferometric configurations correspond to different decompositions of T , effectively acting as an internal rotation that modifies the imaginary-time difference between paths and therefore the visibility. This mechanism alters coherence without affecting causal evolution and does not require retrocausality. The construction is fully compatible with standard quantum mechanics: it preserves unitary evolution, the Born rule, and the structure of completely positive trace-preserving (CP-TP) maps, and is equivalent to a standard dephasing channel written in a compact parametrised form. The framework yields experimentally testable predictions for visibility modulation and temporal correlations, including a temporal CHSH protocol that departs from classical bounds through the configuration dependence of Δτ rather than through any modification of the underlying dynamics.