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Number and phase: complementarity and joint measurement uncertainties

Quantum Physics 2018-02-05 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We show that number and canonical phase (of a single mode optical field) are complementary observables. We also bound the measurement uncertainty region for their approximate joint measurements.

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@article{arxiv.1702.02070,
  title  = {Number and phase: complementarity and joint measurement uncertainties},
  author = {Pekka Lahti and Juha-Pekka Pellonpää and Jussi Schultz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.02070},
  year   = {2018}
}
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