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Quantum theory implies, and empirical evidence confirms, that while particles $\textit{can}$ exhibit wave-like behavior in interferometric experiments, this behavior is so limited as $\textit{not}$ to allow for third- and higher-order…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-27 Sebastian Horvat

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

Quantum interference takes center stage in the realm of quantum particles, playing a crucial role in revealing their wave-like nature and probabilistic behavior. It relies on the concept of superposition, where the probability amplitudes of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Sajad Ahmadi , Mohsen Akbari , Shahpoor Saeidian , Ali Motazedifard

Young's experiment is the quintessential quantum experiment. It is argued here that quantum interference is a consequence of the finiteness of information. The observer has the choice whether that information manifests itself as path…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Caslav Brukner , Anton Zeilinger

In the experiments considered here, we measure the y-component of momentum for a particle passing through a system of slits. The source-slit system is the preparation apparatus that determines the state vector. Recognizing that a system of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas V Marcella

One of the key features of quantum mechanics is the interference of probability amplitudes. The reason for the appearance of interference is mathematically very simple. It is the linear structure of the Hilbert space which is used for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-02 Martin Stefanak

The manipulation of matterwave represents a milestone in the history of quantum mechanics. It was at the basis of its experimental validation through the observation of diffraction of matter on crystals, as well as grating and Young's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-10-09 A. Alberti , V. V. Ivanov , G. M. Tino , G. Ferrari

The results of the Young experiment can be analyzed either by classical or Quantum Physics. The later one though leads to a more complete interpretation, based on two different patterns that appear when one works either with single or…

General Physics · Physics 2015-08-21 Allan Kardec Barros

We consider a classical analogue of the well known quantum two-slit experiment. Charged particles are scattered on flat screen with two slits and hit the second screen. We show that the probability distribution on the second screen when…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Yu. Khrennikov , Ya. I. Volovich

Making a "which-way" measurement (WWM) to identify which slit a particle goes through in a double-slit apparatus will reduce the visibility of interference fringes. There has been a long-standing controversy over whether this can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-18 Ya Xiao , Howard M. Wiseman , Jin-Shi Xu , Yaron Kedem , Chuan-Feng Li , Guang-Can Guo

We propose a method called `coherence swapping' which enables us to create superposition of a particle in two distinct paths, which is fed with initially incoherent, independent radiations. This phenomenon is also present for the charged…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Arun K. Pati , Marek Zukowski

Classical linear wave superposition produces the appearance of interference. This observation can be interpreted in two equivalent ways: one can assume that interference is an illusion because input components remain unperturbed, or that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-17 Ghenadie N. Mardari , James A. Greenwood

Bohmian mechanics, a hydrodynamic formulation of the quantum theory, constitutes a useful tool to understand the role of the phase as the mechanism responsible for the dynamical evolution displayed by quantum systems. This role is analyzed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 A. S. Sanz

The notion of trajectory of an individual particle is strictly inhibited in quantum mechanics because of the uncertainty principle. Nonetheless, the weak value, which has been proposed as a novel and measurable quantity definable to any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-01 Takuya Mori , Izumi Tsutsui

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

Spatial interference of quantum mechanical particles exhibits a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics. A two-mode entangled state of N particles known as N00N state can give rise to non-classical interference. We report the first…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Yong-Su Kim , Osung Kwon , Sang Min Lee , Heonoh Kim , Sang-Kyung Choi , Hee Su Park , Yoon-Ho Kim

In a new approach to explain double-slit interference "from the single particle perspective" via "systemic nonlocality", we answer the question of how a particle going through one slit can "know" about the state of the other slit. We show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-12 Gerhard Groessing , Siegfried Fussy , Johannes Mesa Pascasio , Herbert Schwabl

The hypothesis of brane-embedded matter appears to gain increasing credibility in astrophysics. However, it can only be truly successful if its implications on particle interaction are consistent with existing knowledge. This letter focuses…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Ghenadie N. Mardari

The use of an infinity of fluctuating paths of least time that are compatible with the quantum mechanics indeterminacy provides a new interpretation in geometrical optic of the interference pattern of Young's double slit experiment, which…

General Physics · Physics 2021-09-29 Faycal Ben Adda

Interference between two waves is a well-known concept in physics, and its generalization to more than two waves is straight-forward. The order of interference is defined as the number of paths that interfere in a manner that cannot be…