TITLE:
Macroscopic Violation of Duality Generated on a Laser Beam
AUTHORS:
Daniel Mirell, Stuart Mirell
KEYWORDS:
Quantum Duality; Local Realism; Probabilistic Interpretation
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.4 No.7,
July
8,
2013
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.