Photonic Energy-Coherence Theorem and Experimental Validations

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new energy-based uncertainty relation for wave-particle duality in quantum systems, proves its device independence, and experimentally validates it using photons, advancing understanding of quantum energy coherence.

Contribution

It derives a novel device-independent wave-particle duality relation based on energy capacity and experimentally confirms it with photon experiments.

Findings

Validated the energy-coherence duality relation experimentally

Demonstrated device independence of the uncertainty relation

Enhanced understanding of quantum energy storage and extraction

Abstract

Wave-particle duality, intertwining two inherently contradictory properties of quantum systems, remains one of the most conceptually profound aspects of quantum mechanics. By using the concept of energy capacity, the ability of a quantum system to store and extract energy, we derive a device-independent uncertainty relation for wave-particle duality. This relation is shown to be independent of both the representation space and the measurement basis of the quantum system. Furthermore, we experimentally validate this wave-particle duality relation using a photon-based platform.