Are number and phase complementary observables?

Paul Busch, J-P. Pellonpää, K. Ylinen, P. Lahti

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Abstract

We study various ways of characterizing the quantum optical number and phase as complementary observables.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5923-5935
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General
Volume	34
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/34/30/304
Publication status	Published - Aug 2001

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