Complementarity and the uncertainty relations

Gunnar Björk, Jonas Söderholm, Alexei Trifonov, Tedros Tsegaye, Anders Karlsson

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Abstract

We formulate a general complementarity relation starting from any Hermitian operator with discrete nondegenerate eigenvalues. We then elucidate the relationship between quantum complementarity and the Heisenberg-Robertson uncertainty relation. We show that they are intimately connected. Finally we exemplify the general theory with some specific suggested experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1874-1882
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume60
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes

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