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Full Description
Using a selection of key experiments performed over the past 30 years or so, we present a discussion of the strikingly counter-intuitive phenomena of the quantum world that defy explanation in terms of everyday "common sense" reasoning, and we provide the corresponding quantum mechanical explanations with a very elementary use of associated formalism. Most, but certainly not all, of the experiments we describe are optical experiments involving a very small number of photons (particles of light). We begin with experiments on the wave-particle duality of electrons, proceed to experiments on the particle nature of light and single photon interference, delayed choice experiments and interaction-free detection, then go on to experiments involving the interference of two photons, quantum entanglement and Bell's Theorem, quantum teleportation, large-scale quantum effects and the divide between the classical and quantum worlds, addressing the question as to whether or not there is such a divide.
Contents
1. Physics Fundamentalism ; 2. The Duality of Particles and Waves: The Split Personality of Electrons ; 3. The Duality of Particles and Waves: Photons ; 4. More Fun With Photons: Photon Splitting and its Uses ; 5. Entanglement and Non-Locality: Spooky Actions at a Distance ; 6. Quantum Information, Quantum Cryptography, and Quantum Teleportation ; 7. Schrodinger's Cat and Leggett's SQUID: Quantum Effects on a Large Scale? ; 8. Quantum Philosophy ; Appendix A: A Quantum Mechanics Timeline ; Appendix B: Quantum Mechanics Experiments for Undergraduates
