Wave-particle dualism in action
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Wave-particle dualism is at the very heart of quantum mechanics. It manifests itself mostprominently in the double-slit experiment that has given rise to a fascinating discussion of “which-slit” information versus interference. In the present talk we analyze [1,2] two recent experiments[3,4] reporting simultaneous observation of “which-slit” and interference. Moreover, we introduce thefirst atom interferometer with Bose Einstein-condensates in microgravity [5] presented in thesession following this talk.References[1] W.P. Schleich, K. Dechoum, M.J.A. Spähn, M. Hillery, and R. Menzel, Simultaneous ”which-slit”information and interference unscrambled, to be published [2] W.P. Schleich, M. Freyberger, and M.S. Zubairy, Interferometric reconstruction of position andmomentum, to be published[3] R. Menzel, D. Puhlmann, A. Heuer, and W.P. Schleich, Wave-particle dualism: Complementarityunraveled by different mode, to be published [4] S. Kocsis, B. Braverman, S. Ravets, M.J. Stevens, R.P. Mirin, L.K. Shalm, and A.M. Steinberg,Observing the average trajectories of single photons in a two-slit interferometer, Science 332, 1170-1173 (2011)[5] QUANTUS collaboration, Interferometry with BEC in microgravity, to be publishedSpeaker: Wolfgang SchleichSession: Fundamentals of Quantum MechanicsSee program for placement. PQE-2012Abstract Processed 08 December 20110
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