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Review
Nature 351, 111-116 (9 May 1991) | doi:10.1038/351111a0
Quantum optical tests of complementarity
Marian O. Scully, Berthold-Georg Englert & Herbert Walther
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Abstract
Simultaneous observation of wave and particle behaviour is prohibited, usually by the position–momentum uncertainty relation. New detectors, constructed with the aid of modern quantum optics, provide a way around this obstacle in atom interferometers, and allow the investigation of other mechanisms that enforce complementarity.
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