Paradox in wave-particle duality

DOI10.1007/S10701-006-9102-8zbMATH Open1117.81305arXivquant-ph/0702188OpenAlexW2161830706WikidataQ55951631 ScholiaQ55951631MaRDI QIDQ878431FDOQ878431

Authors: Shahriar S. Afshar, Keith F. McDonald, Ernst Knoesel, Eduardo V. Flores 

Publication date: 26 April 2007

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We report on the simultaneous determination of complementary wave and particle aspects of light in a double-slit type "welcher-weg" experiment beyond the limitations set by Bohr's Principle of Complementarity. Applying classical logic, we verify the presence of sharp interference in the single photon regime, while reliably maintaining the information about the particular pinhole through which each individual photon had passed. This experiment poses interesting questions on the validity of Complementarity in cases where measurements techniques that avoid Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and quantum entanglement are employed. We further argue that the application of classical concepts of waves and particles as embodied in Complementarity leads to a logical inconsistency in the interpretation of this experiment.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0702188

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zbMATH Keywords

double-slit experimentwave-particle dualityAfshar experimentnon- perturbative measurementsprinciple of complementarity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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