ST Saurav Thakur

Independent quantum research

The Duality Illusion

Operational Evidence of Wave–Particle Simultaneity

Saurav Thakur · 2025

First page of The Duality Illusion research paper

A theoretical and experimental framework that reframes Bohr's complementarity through detector coupling, weak measurement, and four proposed experimental realizations. The paper argues that wave-like and particle-like signatures need not be treated as absolutely exclusive—their operational visibility can depend on measurement resolution, detector design, and coherence suppression.

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Core thesis

Wave-like and particle-like signatures need not be treated as absolutely exclusive. Their operational visibility can depend on measurement resolution, detector design, and coherence suppression.

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Experimental paths

Photovoltaic detector screen, photovoltaic slit apparatus, optomechanical mirror detector, and delayed thermal-emission configuration.

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Research lens

Quantum measurement, weak measurement, quantum optics, optomechanics, complementarity, and detector-coupling design.

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