DocumentCode :
1931789
Title :
Measuring higher-order interferences with a five-path interferometer
Author :
Kauten, T. ; Gschosser, Benjamin ; Mai, Patrick ; Voros, Zoltan ; Weihs, Gregor
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Experimentalphys., Univ. Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
fYear :
2013
fDate :
12-16 May 2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
1
Abstract :
In this paper results of an improved version of an experiment was presented, which was proposed by Sorkin in 1994, and was experimentally implemented for the first time in 2010, with the goal of putting a bound on the potential magnitude of higher order interference terms. The work´s experiment expands this to five paths, which not only allows us to measure 3rd and 4th order interference terms but also allows testing for the possibility of quantum mechanical wavefunctions based on quaternions or octonions rather than complex numbers.
Keywords :
light interference; light interferometers; quantum optics; quantum theory; five-path interferometer; higher-order interferences; octonions; quantum mechanical wavefunctions; quaternions; Interference; Mechanical variables measurement; Power measurement; Quantum mechanics; Quaternions; Testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801612
Filename :
6801612
Link To Document :
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