Measure-independent description of wave-particle duality via coherence

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Main Authors: Bai, Zhaofang, ShuanpingDu
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ShuanpingDu
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ShuanpingDu
contents Wave-particle duality as one of the expression of Bohr complementarity is a significant concept in the field of quantum mechanics. Quantitative analysis of wave-particle duality aims to establish a complementary relation between the particle and wave properties. Beyond the conventional quantitative analysis depending on special choice of quantum information measures, we are aimed to provide a measure-independent complementary relation via coherence. By employing maximally coherent states in the set of all states with fixed diagonal elements, a measure-independent complementary relation is proposed. Based on this, we give a measure-independent description of wave-particle-mixedness triality in d-path interferometers. Our complementary relations reveal the relationship between wave-particle duality and quantum coherence, and also give a justification to coherence as it truly brings out the wave nature of quantum systems at its heart.
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spellingShingle Measure-independent description of wave-particle duality via coherence
Bai, Zhaofang
ShuanpingDu
Quantum Physics
Wave-particle duality as one of the expression of Bohr complementarity is a significant concept in the field of quantum mechanics. Quantitative analysis of wave-particle duality aims to establish a complementary relation between the particle and wave properties. Beyond the conventional quantitative analysis depending on special choice of quantum information measures, we are aimed to provide a measure-independent complementary relation via coherence. By employing maximally coherent states in the set of all states with fixed diagonal elements, a measure-independent complementary relation is proposed. Based on this, we give a measure-independent description of wave-particle-mixedness triality in d-path interferometers. Our complementary relations reveal the relationship between wave-particle duality and quantum coherence, and also give a justification to coherence as it truly brings out the wave nature of quantum systems at its heart.
title Measure-independent description of wave-particle duality via coherence
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02554