Macroscopic Violation of Duality Generated on a Laser Beam
arXiv:1307.7193 · doi:10.4236/jmp.2013.47123
Abstract
It is shown theoretically and experimentally that passage of a laser beam through particular conventional Ronchi gratings prepares the beam in an altered state that violates quantum duality. The violation is characterized by a readily measured net transfer of energy between the prepared beam and an unmodified beam from a similar, independent laser. Notably, the experiment is conducted with the beams at macroscopic power levels where measurability of the duality-violating transfer is vastly improved over that of the discrete photon regime. These results are consistent with other recently reported experiments that have challenged the validity of the duality-related principle of complementarity.
14 pages, 6 figures. Summarizes the theoretical basis given in arXiv: 1107.1306 and reports newer, more precise experimental results
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