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Practical Implementation of a Test of Event-Based Corpuscular Model as an Alternative to Quantum Mechanics

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We describe in detail the first experimental test that distinguishes between an event-based corpuscular model of the interaction of photons with matter and quantum mechanics. The test looks at the interference that results as a single photon passes through a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The experimental results, obtained with a low-noise single-photon source, agree with the predictions of standard quantum mechanics.

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  1. Though we subtracted dark counts in these figures, this does not affect our conclusions, because the processed data present the same behavior as raw data (not shown).

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Acknowledgements

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union on the basis of Decision No. 912/2009/EC (project IND06-MIQC), by MIUR FIRB RBFR10YQ3H (Lichis), RBFR10VZUG (Thermalskin) and RBFR10UAUV (Diamante), and by Compagnia di San Paolo. S.V.P. and A.M. acknowledge partial support from the NSF Physics Frontier Center at the Joint Quantum Institute.

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    Sergey V. Polyakov & Alan Migdall

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Strada delle Cacce, 91, 10135, Torino, Italy

    Fabrizio Piacentini, Paolo Traina, Ivo P. Degiovanni, Giorgio Brida & Marco Genovese

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Polyakov, S.V., Piacentini, F., Traina, P. et al. Practical Implementation of a Test of Event-Based Corpuscular Model as an Alternative to Quantum Mechanics. Found Phys 43, 913–922 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-013-9718-4

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