Complementarity and post-selection in an atomic double-slit interferometer

• Authors: Bertúlio Lima Bernardo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper analyzes, theoretically, an atomic double-slit interferometer in order to probe the extent to which complementary properties affect quantum interference. It is shown that if the energy eigenstates of a two-level atom are one-to-one correlated with its particle and wave behaviors, complementary phenomena can be measured simultaneously, indicating a reinterpretation of the complementarity principle. We also demonstrate that these complementary properties can be further distinguished by using a post-selection process.

Keywords

EN

complementarity principle; post-selection; cavity QED

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 923-927

Dates

published

1 - 7 - 2013

online

17 - 10 - 2013

Contributors

author

Bertúlio Lima Bernardo

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-013-0269-2