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Wave and particle pictures of correlated systems

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We present a complementarity relation for the branch-distinguishability in an optical experiment with correlated photons. These analysis can be used to propose a two-photon interferometry experiment showing simulataneously noncomplementary wave and particle behaviors.

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Sancho, P. Wave and particle pictures of correlated systems. Found Phys Lett 10, 235–244 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764206

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