Quantitative complementarity in two-path interferometry
Abstract
The quantitative formulation of Bohr’s complementarity proposed by Greenberger and Yasin is applied to some physical situations for which analytical expressions are available. This includes a variety of conventional double-slit experiments, but also particle oscillations, as in the case of the neutral-kaon system, and Mott scattering of identical nuclei. For all these cases, a unified description can be achieved including a new parameter ν, which quantifies the effective number of fringes one can observe in each specific interferometric setup.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- February 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.022112
- arXiv:
- arXiv:quant-ph/0311179
- Bibcode:
- 2004PhRvA..69b2112B
- Keywords:
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- 03.65.Ta;
- 14.40.Aq;
- 42.25.Hz;
- Foundations of quantum mechanics;
- measurement theory;
- pi K and eta mesons;
- Interference;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Nuclear Theory;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- 11 RevTex pages, 5 figures