Testing foundations of quantum mechanics with photons
Abstract
The foundational ideas of quantum mechanics continue to give rise to counterintuitive theories and physical effects that are in conflict with a classical description of Nature. Experiments with light at the single photon level have historically been at the forefront of tests of fundamental quantum theory and new developments in photonics engineering continue to enable new experiments. Here we review recent photonic experiments to test two foundational themes in quantum mechanics: wave-particle duality, central to recent complementarity and delayed-choice experiments; and Bell nonlocality where recent theoretical and technological advances have allowed all controversial loopholes to be separately addressed in different photonics experiments.
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@article{arxiv.1501.03713,
title = {Testing foundations of quantum mechanics with photons},
author = {Peter Shadbolt and Jonathan C. F. Matthews and Anthony Laing and Jeremy L. O'Brien},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.03713},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages, 5 figures, published as a Nature Physics Insight review article