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A number of papers on wave-particle duality has appeared since the two-prism experiment was performed by Mizobuchi and Ohtake, based on a suggestion by Ghose, Home, and Agarwal. Against this backdrop, the present paper provides further clarification of the key issues involved in the analysis of the two-prism experiment. In the process, we present an overview of wave-particle duality vis-a vis Bohr's complementarity principle.
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Ghose, P., Home, D. The two-prism experiment and wave-particle duality of light. Found Phys 26, 943–953 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02148836
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