- Shahriar Afshar
Shahriar S. Afshar (PerB| شهريار صديق افشار ) is a notable
Iranian-American physicist. He is known for devising and carrying out theAfshar experiment atHarvard University in 2004.cite journal
author = Afshar SS
title = [http://tools.fas.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/calendar/exporter.cgi?view=event_detail&id=10416384 Waving Copenhagen Good-bye: Were the founders of Quantum Mechanics wrong?]
journal =Harvard seminar announcement
volume =
pages =
year = 2004] The Afshar experiment is an opticalexperiment which may challenge theprinciple of complementarity inquantum mechanics , although there is as yet no consensus on this in physics. The result of the experiment appears to be in accordance with the standard predictions of quantum mechanics; however, it is claimed to violate theEnglert-Greenberger duality relation . cite journal
author = Marcus Chown
title = [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18324575.300.html Quantum rebel]
journal = New Scientist
volume = 183
issue = 2457
pages = 30–35
year = 2004] [http://www.sciencefriday.com/images/shows/2004/073004/AfsharExperimentSmall.jpgAfshar's Quantum Bomshell] ] cite journal
author = Afshar SS
title = [http://www.irims.org/quant-ph/030503/ Sharp complementary wave and particle behaviours in the same welcher weg experiment]
journal = IRIMS:quant-ph/030503
volume =
pages = 1–33
year = 2003] cite journal
author = Afshar SS
title = [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0701027 Violation of the principle of complementarity, and its implications]
journal = Proceedings ofSPIE
volume = 5866
pages = 229–244
year = 2005
doi = 10.1117/12.638774] cite journal
author = Afshar SS
title = [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0701039 Violation of Bohr's complementarity: one slit or both?]
journal = AIP Conference Proceedings
volume = 810
pages = 294–299
year = 2006] cite journal
author = Afshar SS, Flores E, McDonald KF, Knoesel E.
title = [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0702188 Paradox in wave-particle duality]
journal =Foundations of Physics
volume = 37
issue = 2
pages = 295–305
year = 2007] cite journal
author = Marcus Chown
title = [http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19325913.600-editorial-keep-science-fair-and-keep-it-clean.html Editorial: Keep science fair, and keep it clean]
journal =New Scientist
volume =
issue = 2591
pages = 2
year = 2007] cite journal
author = Marcus Chown
title = [http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19325915.400-quantum-rebel-wins-over-doubters.html Quantum rebel wins over doubters]
journal =New Scientist
volume =
issue = 2591
pages = 13
year = 2007] [ [http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-875253&Lang=P ISNA - 02-12-2007 - 85/11/23 - سرويس: / پژوهشي / شماره خبر: 875253 ] ]References and Notes
External links
* [http://users.rowan.edu/~afshar/ Prof. Afshar's website]
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