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Experimental realization of Popper's Experiment: Violation of the Uncertainty Principle?

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

An entangled pair of photons (1 and 2) are emitted to opposite directions. A narrow slit is placed in the path of photon 1 to provide precise knowledge of its position on the yy axis and this also determines the precise yy position of its twin, photon 2, due to quantum entanglement. Is photon 2 going to experience a greater uncertainty in momentum, i.e., a greater Δpy\Delta p_{y}, due to the precise knowledge of its position yy? The experimental data shows ΔyΔpy<\Delta y\Delta p_{y}<\hbar for photon 2. Can this recent realization of the historical thought experiment of Karl Popper signal a violation of the uncertainty principle?

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9905039,
  title  = {Experimental realization of Popper's Experiment: Violation of the Uncertainty Principle?},
  author = {Yoon-Ho Kim and Yanhua Shih},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9905039},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages, twocolumn. Revised. To appear in Foundations of Physics