Event-based Simulation Model for Quantum Optics Experiments

Journal Article · Mon Mar 28 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3578692· OSTI ID:21511497

De Raedt, H ^[1]; Michielsen, K ^[2]

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1. Department of Applied Physics, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, NL-9747 AG Groningen (Netherlands)
2. Institute for Advanced Simulation, Juelich Supercomputing Centre, Research Centre Juelich, D-52425 Juelich (Germany)

We present a corpuscular simulation model of optical phenomena that does not require the knowledge of the solution of a wave equation of the whole system and reproduces the results of Maxwell's theory by generating detection events one-by-one. The event-based corpuscular model gives a unified description of multiple-beam fringes of a plane parallel plate and single-photon Mach-Zehnder interferometer, Wheeler's delayed choice, photon tunneling, quantum eraser, two-beam interference, double-slit, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm and Hanbury Brown-Twiss experiments. We also discuss the possibility to refute our corpuscular model.

• OSTI ID: 21511497
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1327; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BEAMS
BOSONS
DETECTION
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
INTERFERENCE
INTERFEROMETERS
MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MECHANICS
NUCLEAR MODELS
OPTICS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PHOTONS
PLATES
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SIMULATION
TUNNEL EFFECT
UNIFIED MODEL
WAVE EQUATIONS