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Simultaneous observation of wave and particle behaviour is prohibited, usually by the position–momentum uncertainty relation. New detectors, constructed with the aid of modern quantum optics, provide a way around this obstacle in atom interferometers, and allow the investigation of other mechanisms that enforce complementarity.
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Scully, M., Englert, BG. & Walther, H. Quantum optical tests of complementarity. Nature 351, 111–116 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/351111a0
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