Experimental demonstration of complementarity with single photons

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-116

  Braig, C ^a   Zarda, P ^b   Kurtsiefer, C ^a   Weinfurter, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0037310216     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-003-1106-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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12. Since a strongly attenuated laser beam is perfectly described in a wave model (coherent quantum state), one expects completely uncorrelated and also simultaneous detection events in the two arms. Such a measurement, of course, cannot be used to deduce Welcher-Weg information