Abstract
By using optical models based on the theory of partially coherent light, and the quantum decoherence model proposed by Joos and Zeh [Z. Phys. B 59, 223 (1985)], we explore incoherence and decoherence in interference phenomena. The problem chosen to study is that of the double-slit diffraction experiment, a paradigmatic example in quantum mechanics. In particular, we perform an analysis of the experiment carried out with cold neutrons by Zeilinger et al. [Rev. Mod. Phys. 60, 1067 (1988).]
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 042103 |
| Pages (from-to) | 042103-1/7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2005 |