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arXiv:quant-ph/0105036 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Are number and phase complementary observables?

Paul Busch, PEKKA J. LAHTI, Juha-Pekka Pellonpää, Kari Ylinen

Published Jul 20, 2001• 40 citations
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Abstract

We study various ways of characterizing the quantum optical number and phase as complementary observables.
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/34/30/304

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