• DocumentCode
    521105
  • Title

    Observation of Bohmian trajectories of a single photon using weak measurements

  • Author

    Shalm, L.K. ; Kocsis, S. ; Ravets, S. ; Braverman, B. ; Stevens, M.J. ; Mirin, R.P. ; Steinberg, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We use weak measurements to carry out the first direct observation of the trajectories followed by single photons in a two-slit interferometer. The measured trajectories correspond to those predicted by Bohmian mechanics.
  • Keywords
    Data mining; Interference; Measurement standards; Mechanical variables measurement; Optical interferometry; Particle measurements; Polarization; Position measurement; Quantum mechanics; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500714