Anti-Correlated Photons from Classical Electromagnetism

Ken Wharton; Emily Adlam

Anti-Correlated Photons from Classical Electromagnetism

Quantum Physics 2022-08-12 v1 Classical Physics

Authors: Ken Wharton , Emily Adlam

Abstract

For any experiment with two entangled photons, some joint measurement outcomes can have zero probability for a precise choice of basis. These perfect anti-correlations would seem to be a purely quantum phenomenon. It is therefore surprising that these very anti-correlations are also evident when the input to the same experiment is analyzed via classical electromagnetic theory. Demonstrating this quantum-classical connection for arbitrary two-photon states (and analyzing why it is successful) motivates alternative perspectives concerning entanglement, the path integral, and other topics in quantum foundations.

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entangled photons anti-correlations classical electromagnetism quantum foundations path integral two-photon states

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@article{arxiv.2208.05792,
  title  = {Anti-Correlated Photons from Classical Electromagnetism},
  author = {Ken Wharton and Emily Adlam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.05792},
  year   = {2022}
}

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