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}
}