Comment on "Experimental realization of Popper's experiment: Violation of the uncertainty principle?"

A. J. Short

Published 2000-05-16Version 1

Application of the uncertainty principle to conditional measurements is investigated, and found to be valid for measurements on separated sub-systems. In light of this, an apparent violation of the uncertainty principle obtained by Kim and Shih in their realization of Popper's experiment (quant-ph/9905039) is explained through analogy with a simple optical system.