Exploring Quantum Foundations with Single Photons
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Beschreibung
This thesis uses high-precision single-photon experiments to shed new light on the role of reality, causality, and uncertainty in quantum mechanics. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the current understanding of quantum foundations and details three influential experiments that significantly advance our understanding of three core aspects of this problem. The first experiment demonstrates that the quantum wavefunction is part of objective reality, if there is any such reality in our world. The second experiment shows that quantum correlations cannot be explained in terms of cause and effect, even when considering superluminal influences between measurement outcomes. The final experiment in this thesis demonstrates a novel uncertainty relation for joint quantum measurements, where the textbook relation does not apply.
Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the The University of Queensland, Australia
Presents a group of experiments rigorously addressing questions that have been thought to be outside the realm of experimental physics
Provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the current understanding of the foundations of quantum mechanics
Demonstrates some of the highest precision in quantum state preparation and measurement reported to date
Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the The University of Queensland, Australia Presents a group of experiments rigorously addressing questions that have been thought to be outside the realm of experimental physics Provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the current understanding of the foundations of quantum mechanics Demonstrates some of the highest precision in quantum state preparation and measurement reported to date Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Martin Ringbauer
Themen in »Exploring Quantum Foundations with Single Photons«
Quantum Foundations Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Reality of the Wavefunction Quantum Causality Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics Causal Models Experimental Metaphysics Single Photon Measurements Quantum Information Quantum Tomography High Precision Quantum State Preparation