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Local Realistic Theory for PDC Experiments Based on the Wigner Formalism

Quantum Physics 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

In this article we present a local hidden variables model for all experiments involving photon pairs produced in parametric down conversion, based on the Wigner representation of the radiation field. A modification of the standard quantum theory of detection is made in order to give a local realist explanation of the counting rates in photodetectors. This model involves the existence of a real zeropoint field, such that the vacumm level of radiation lies below the threshold of the detectors.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0103045,
  title  = {Local Realistic Theory for PDC Experiments Based on the Wigner Formalism},
  author = {Alberto Casado and Ramon Risco-Delgado and Emilio Santos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0103045},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, no figures

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