Young's experiment and the finiteness of information

Author(s)
Caslav Brukner, Anton Zeilinger
Abstract

Young's experiment is the quintessential quantum experiment. It is argued here that quantum interference is a consequence of the finiteness of information. The observer has the choice of whether that information manifests itself as path information or in the interference pattern or partly in both to the extent defined by the finiteness of information.

Organisation(s)
Journal
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Volume
360
Pages
1061-1069
No. of pages
9
ISSN
1364-503X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2001.0981
Publication date
2002
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103026 Quantum optics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/youngs-experiment-and-the-finiteness-of-information(f9afb7f2-3028-4447-83f3-4948e2150268).html