Macroscopic Violation of Duality Generated on a Laser Beam

• 作者: Daniel Mirell Stuart Mirell
• 来源期刊: 现代物理(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Quantum DUALITY Local REALISM PROBABILISTIC Interpretation
• 年，卷（期）: 2013,（7）
• 页码范围: 911-922
• 页数: 12页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

It is shown theoretically and experimentally that passage of a laser beam through particular conventional Ronchi gratings prepares the beam in an altered state that violates quantum duality. The violation is characterized by a readily measured net transfer of energy between the prepared beam and an unmodified beam from a similar, independent laser. Notably, the experiment is conducted with the beams at macroscopic power levels where measurability of the duality-violating transfer is vastly improved over that of the discrete photon regime. These results are consistent with other recently reported experiments that have challenged the validity of the duality-related principle of complementarity.