Complementarity and light modes
Quantum Physics
2016-10-03 v1
Abstract
In quantum physics we are confronted with new entities which consist indivisible of an energy packet and a coupled wave. The complementarity principle for certain properties of these quantum objects may be their main mystery. Photons are especially useful to investigate these complementary properties. A series of new experiments using spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC) as a tool allowed the detailed analysis of the physical background of this complementarity and offers a new conceptual perspective. Based on these results a straightforward explanation of these sometimes counter-intuitive effects is given.
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@article{arxiv.1609.09621,
title = {Complementarity and light modes},
author = {Ralf Menzel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.09621},
year = {2016}
}