Editing Complementarity (physics) (section)

== Modern role ==
While many of the early discussions of complementarity discussed hypothetical experiments, advances in technology have allowed advanced tests of this concept. Experiments like the [[quantum eraser]] verify the key ideas in complementarity; modern exploration of [[quantum entanglement]] builds directly on complementarity:<ref name=Zeilinger>{{Cite journal |last=Zeilinger |first=Anton |date=1999-03-01 |title=Experiment and the foundations of quantum physics |url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.71.S288 |journal=Reviews of Modern Physics |language=en |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=S288–S297 |doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.71.S288 |bibcode=1999RvMPS..71..288Z |issn=0034-6861|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
{{blockquote | The most sensible position, according to quantum mechanics, is to assume that no such waves preexist before
any measurement.<ref name=Zeilinger/>|author=[[Anton Zeilinger]]}}
In his Nobel lecture, physicist [[Julian Schwinger]] linked complementarity to [[quantum field theory]]:
{{blockquote| Indeed, relativistic quantum mechanics-the union of the complementarity principle of Bohr with the relativity principle of Einstein-is quantum field theory.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Schwinger |first=Julian |author-link=Julian Schwinger |title=Relativistic Quantum Field Theory |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=153 |number=3739 |year=1966 |pages=949–953 |doi=10.1126/science.153.3739.949 |jstor=1719338 |pmid=17837239 |bibcode=1966Sci...153..949S }}</ref>|author=Julian Schwinger}}

The [[Consistent histories]] [[interpretation of quantum mechanics]] takes a generalized form of complementarity as a key defining postulate.<ref name="Hohenberg-2010">{{Cite journal |last=Hohenberg |first=P. C. |date=2010-10-05 |title=Colloquium : An introduction to consistent quantum theory |url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.82.2835 |journal=Reviews of Modern Physics |language=en |volume=82 |issue=4 |pages=2835–2844 |doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.82.2835 |issn=0034-6861|arxiv=0909.2359 |bibcode=2010RvMP...82.2835H |s2cid=20551033 }}</ref>