Exploring Quantum Foundations With Single Photons (springer Theses)
by Martin Ringbauer /
2017 / English / PDF
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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.
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.