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Complementarity and the uncertainty relations

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We formulate a general complementarity relation starting from any Hermitian operator with discrete non-degenerate eigenvalues. We then elucidate the relationship between quantum complementarity and the Heisenberg-Robertson's uncertainty relation. We show that they are intimately connected. Finally we exemplify the general theory with some specific suggested experiments.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9904069,
  title  = {Complementarity and the uncertainty relations},
  author = {Gunnar Bjork and Jonas Soderholm and Alexei Trifonov and Tedros Tsegaye and Anders Karlsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9904069},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures, REVTeX, uses epsf.sty and multicol.sty