Materializing the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Instruments and the First Bell Tests (SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology) 9783031297960, 9783031297977, 3031297962
This book offers a history of the instrumentation used to materialize the early thought experiments devised in the Einst
106 42 1MB
English Pages 82 [78]
Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Bell’s Inequalities Experiments
3 Sources of Entangled Photons
3.1 Positron Annihilation
3.2 Photon Cascade
3.3 Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion
4 Analyzers
4.1 Analyzers for γ-Rays
4.2 Analyzers for Low-Energy Photons
5 Detection Sets
5.1 Photomultiplier Tubes
5.2 Scintillation Counters and Coincidence Circuits
5.3 Counting Photons
6 Twining the Threads
7 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Bell’s Inequalities Experiments
3 Sources of Entangled Photons
3.1 Positron Annihilation
3.2 Photon Cascade
3.3 Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion
4 Analyzers
4.1 Analyzers for γ-Rays
4.2 Analyzers for Low-Energy Photons
5 Detection Sets
5.1 Photomultiplier Tubes
5.2 Scintillation Counters and Coincidence Circuits
5.3 Counting Photons
6 Twining the Threads
7 Conclusions
- Author / Uploaded
- Climério Paulo da Silva Neto
![A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Transmission Technology (1925-1975) [6/7]
0932764088](https://ebin.pub/img/200x200/a-history-of-engineering-and-science-in-the-bell-system-transmission-technology-1925-1975-6-7-0932764088.jpg)
