Exploring Quantum Foundations with Single Photons

Martin Ringbauer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XVIII, 208 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-64987-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Martin Ringbauer completed his undergraduate studies in Physics and Mathematics at the University of Vienna, Austria. During his time in Vienna, he was also involved in research on quantum computing, leading to two publications. He received his PhD in quantum optics, with seven first-author publications, from the University of Queensland, Australia in 2016. Ringbauer is driven by curiosity about the deep questions of quantum theory and also takes great passion in science communication and outreach. He organized and performed numerous outreach events and presided over the UQ student chapter of the Optical Society of America for two years.

Quantum Information Basics.- Quantum Tomography.- Introduction to Quantum Foundations.- On the Reality of the Wavefunction.- Causality in a Quantum World.- Pushing Joint-Measurement Uncertainty to the Limit.

Erscheinungsdatum	19.09.2017
Reihe/Serie	Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo	XVIII, 208 p. 68 illus., 52 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
Schlagworte	Causal Models • Experimental Metaphysics • Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle • High Precision Quantum State Preparation • History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics • History of Science • Interpretation of quantum mechanics • 'Lauschangriff' 2 • .NET • .NET Collections • .NET Compact Framework • .NET Enterprise Servers • .NET Framework • .NET Mobile Information Server • .NET My Services • 'N Sync (Pop-Gruppe) • Philosophy • philosophy of nature • Physics • Physics and Astronomy • quantum causality • quantum foundations • Quantum information • Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics • Quantum Physics • Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field • Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field • quantum tomography • Reality of the Wavefunction • Single Photon Measurements • 'Unter den Linden' (Friedhof) Reutlingen
ISBN-10	3-319-64987-6 / 3319649876
ISBN-13	978-3-319-64987-0 / 9783319649870
Zustand	Neuware