No Paradox in Wave-Particle Duality

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2006.05315v1
• Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:05:15 GMT
• Title: No Paradox in Wave-Particle Duality
• Authors: Andrew Knight
• Abstract summary: The assertion that an experiment by Afshar et al. demonstrates violation of Bohr's Principle of Complementarity is based on the faulty assumption that which-way information in a double-slit interference experiment can be retroactively determined from a future measurement.
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• Abstract: The assertion that an experiment by Afshar et al. demonstrates violation of Bohr's Principle of Complementarity is based on the faulty assumption that which-way information in a double-slit interference experiment can be retroactively determined from a future measurement.

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