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Double-slits provide incoming photons with a choice. Those that survive the passage have chosen from two possible paths which interfere to distribute them in a wave-like manner. Such wave-particle duality continues to be challenged and…

Optics · Physics 2013-01-30 B. King , A. Di Piazza , C. H. Keitel

Wave--particle duality demonstrates the peculiar nature of quantum mechanics. In which-way experiments, depending on the measurement scheme, a particle exhibits either wave-like or particle-like properties, as summarized by Bohr's principle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Shiyu Wang , Zhiguang Yan , Clemens Gneiting , Rui Li , Franco Nori , Yasunobu Nakamura

We present a systematic framework to quantify the interplay between coherence and wave-particle duality in generic two-path interference systems. Our analysis reveals a closed-form duality ellipse (DE) equality, that rigorously unifies…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Pawan Khatiwada , Xiao-Feng Qian

The complementarity of single-photon's particle-like and wave-like behaviors can be described by the inequality $D^2+V^2 \leq 1$, with $D$ being the path distinguishability and $V$ being the fringe visibility. In this paper, we generalize…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Jie-Hui Huang , Sabine Wölk , Shi-Yao Zhu , M. Suhail Zubairy

Nonlocality is a key feature discriminating quantum and classical physics. Quantum-interference phenomena, such as Young's double slit experiment, are one of the clearest manifestations of nonlocality, recently addressed as $dynamical$ to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-16 E. Strambini , K. S. Makarenko , G. Abulizi , M. P. de Jong , W. G. van der Wiel

It is well known that in classical optics, the visibility of interference, in a two-beam light interference, is related to the optical coherence of the two beams. A wave-particle duality relation can be derived using this mutual coherence.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-05 Bibhash Paul , Sammi Kamal , Tabish Qureshi

We study the quantization of systems with local particle-ghost symmetries. The systems contain ordinary particles including gauge bosons and their counterparts obeying different statistics. The particle-ghost symmetry is a kind of fermionic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-28 Yoshiharu Kawamura

The double-slit experiment is the most direct demonstration of interference between individual quantum objects. Since similar experiments with single particles and more slits produce interference fringes reducible to a combination of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-11 Lee A. Rozema , Zhao Zhuo , Tomasz Paterek , Borivoje Dakić

Famous double-slit or double-path experiments, implemented in a Young's or Mach-Zehnder interferometer, have confirmed the dual nature of quantum matter, When a stream of photons, neutrons, atoms, or molecules, passes through two slits,…

The concept of wave-particle duality holds significant importance in the field of quantum mechanics, as it elucidates the dual nature encompassing both wave-like and particle-like properties exhibited by microscopic particles. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-13 Kang-Kang Yang , Zhi-Xi Wang , Shao-Ming Fei

Some modified two-slit interference experiments were carried out showing an apparent paradox in wave-particle duality. In a typical such experiment, the screen, where the interference pattern is supposed to be formed, is replaced by a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-05 Tabish Qureshi

The delayed-choice thought experiment proposed by Wheeler has been demonstrated over the last several decades for the wave-particle duality of a single photon. The delayed-choice quantum eraser proposed by Scully and Druhl has also been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-14 B. S. Ham

Until recently, wave-particle duality has been thought of as quantum principle without a counterpart in classical physics. This belief was challenged after (i) finding that average dynamics of a classical particle in strong inhomogeneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Alexander Y. Davydov

Wave-particle duality is an inherent peculiarity of the quantum world. The double-slit experiment has been frequently used for understanding different aspects of this fundamental concept. The occurrence of interference rests on the lack of…

We discuss the implications of the principle of locality for interference in quantum field theory. As an example, we consider the interaction of two charges via a mediating quantum field and the resulting interference pattern, in the Lorenz…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-26 Chiara Marletto , Vlatko Vedral

Recently demonstrated ghost interference using correlated photons of different frequencies, has been theoretically analyzed. The calculation predicts an interesting nonlocal effect: the fringe width of the ghost interference depends not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-21 Sheeba Shafaq , Tabish Qureshi

We show that controlled interference of a particle's wavefunction can be used to perform a quantum mechanical measurement in an incomplete basis. This happens because the measurement projects the particle into a lower dimensional subspace…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Srikanth

We provide the first experimental confirmation of a three-way quantum coherence identity possessed by single pure-state photons. Our experimental results demonstrate that traditional wave-particle duality is specifically limited by this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 X. -F. Qian , K. Konthasinghe , K. Manikandan , D. Spiecker , A. N. Vamivakas , J. H. Eberly

Quantum theory reveals astonishing and counterintuitive phenomena not found in classical physics, such as wave-particle duality, where entities like electrons and photons exhibit both wave-like and particle-like behaviors. In this paper, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-03 Daegene Song

We evaluate the nonlocal spatial interference displayed by Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entangled particle pairs after they pass through a double grating arrangement. An entanglement criterion is derived which serves to certify the underlying…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-30 Clemens Gneiting , Klaus Hornberger