NDLI: Experimental Bounds on Classical Random Field Theories

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Author	Peters, Joffrey K. Fan, Jingyun Migdall, Alan L. Polyakov, Sergey V.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Alternative theories to quantum mechanics motivate important fundamental tests of our understanding and descriptions of the smallest physical systems. Here, using spontaneous parametric downconversion as a heralded single-photon source, we place experimental limits on a class of alternative theories, consisting of classical field theories which result in power-dependent normalized correlation functions. In addition, we compare our results with standard quantum mechanical interpretations of our spontaneous parametric downconversion source over an order of magnitude in intensity. Our data match the quantum mechanical expectations, and do not show a statistically significant dependence on power, limiting quantum mechanics alternatives which require power-dependent autocorrelation functions.
Starting Page	726
Ending Page	734
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00159018
Journal	Foundations of Physics
Volume Number	45
Issue Number	7
e-ISSN	15729516
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2014-12-10
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Pre-quantum statistical field theory Classical random field theory Foundations Quantum mechanics Single photons History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Quantum Physics Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity Mechanics Philosophy of Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physics and Astronomy

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