Polyakov, S.
, Migdall, A.
, Degiovanni, I.
, Piacentini, F.
, Brida, G.
, Genovese, M.
and Traina, P.
(2013),
Practical implementation of a test of event-based corpuscular model as an alternative to quantum mechanics, Foundations of Physics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-013-9718-4
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Practical implementation of a test of event-based corpuscular model as an alternative to quantum mechanics
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, , Ivo P. Degiovanni, Fabrizio Piacentini, Giorgio Brida, Marco Genovese, Paola Traina
Abstract
We describe in detail the first experimental test that distinguishes between an event-based corpuscular model of the interaction of photons with matter and quantum mechanics. The test looks at the interference that results as a single photon passes through a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The experimental results, obtained with a low-noise single-photon source, agree with the predictions of standard quantum mechanics.Citation
Foundations of Physics
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Keywords
Single Photons, Parametric Down-conversion, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Local Realism Tests
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Created May 8, 2013, Updated November 10, 2018