TY  - JOUR
AU  - Michielsen, K.
AU  - Lippert, T.
AU  - Richter, M.
AU  - Barbara, B.
AU  - Mijashita, S.
AU  - De Raedt, H.
TI  - Proposal for an Interference Experiment to Test the Applicability of Quantum Theory to Event-Based Processes
JO  - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
VL  - 81
SN  - 0031-9015
CY  - Tokyo
PB  - The Physical Society of Japan
M1  - PreJuSER-18806
SP  - 034001
PY  - 2012
N1  - We thank F. Jin and K. De Raedt for discussions. This work is partially supported by NCF, the Netherlands, by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, and the Next Generation Super Computer Project, Nanoscience Program from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
AB  - We analyze a single-particle Mach-Zehnder interferometer experiment in which the path length of one arm may change (randomly or systematically) according to the value of an external two-valued variable x, for each passage of a particle through the interferometer. Quantum theory predicts an interference pattern that is independent of the sequence of the values of x. On the other hand, corpuscular models that reproduce the results of quantum optics experiments carried out to date show a reduced visibility and a shift of the interference pattern depending on the details of the sequence of the values of x. The proposed experiment will show that: (1) it can be described by quantum theory, and thus not by the current corpuscular models, or (2) it cannot be described by quantum theory but can be described by the corpuscular models or variations thereof, or (3) it can neither be described by quantum theory nor by corpuscular models. Therefore, the proposed experiment can be used to determine the extent to which quantum theory provides a description of observed events beyond the usual statistical level.
KW  - J (WoSType)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000300985400012
DO  - DOI:10.1143/JPSJ.81.034001
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/18806
ER  -