Origin of quantum-mechanical complementarity without momentum back action in atom-interferometry experiments

dc.contributor.author	Unnikrishnan, C. S
dc.date.accessioned	2008-08-13T05:24:21Z
dc.date.available	2008-08-13T05:24:21Z
dc.date.issued	2000-07
dc.identifier.citation	Physical Review A, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 015601	en
dc.identifier.issn	1050-2947
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3108
dc.description.abstract	We identify the physical origin of the loss of interference pattern in the which-path atom-interferometery experiments that have been discussed widely. The origin of complementarity between the which-path information and the interference pattern is a discrete spinor phase with random sign. This clarifies how complementarity can arise without the Heisenberg back action in momentum.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	The American Physical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v62/i1/e015601	en
dc.subject	Atom-Interferometery	en
dc.subject	Momentum	en
dc.title	Origin of quantum-mechanical complementarity without momentum back action in atom-interferometry experiments	en
dc.type	Article	en