The Quantum Mechanics of Light: Interference, Entanglement – and Ghosts

Presenter: Roy Glauber

Published: July 2014

Age: 18-22 and upwards

Views: 1829 views

Tags: light; quantum; interference; entanglement; super-position

Type: Lectures

Source/institution: Lindau-Nobel

The early days of the quantum theory presented many dilemmas connected with interference phenomena and what we have come to call the entanglement of states. We are much better able to deal with these problems now, both in theory and experiment, but their novelty and occasional surprises live on. We shall discuss a succession of them.