Advanced Undergraduate Laboratory

Department of Physics

University of Toronto

QIE: Quantum Interference and Entanglement

Under Development!

The Advanced Physics Lab is developing an experiment on Single Photon Quantum Mechanics. Lab students will be able to experimentally show that single photons exist and are indivisible but can interfere with themselves, that double slit interference can be erased by knowledge of the photon path, and that local hidden variable theories are inconsistent with reality.


Write-Up in PDF Format or Microsoft Word Format.

(The experiment is currently located in MP244; last write-up revisions: September 2016.)

SAFETY!

This apparatus must not be disassembled in any way. It contains a powerful laser that could damage your eyes if the apparatus is altered in any way. You must receive safety instruction from the supervising professor before touching the equipment.

Some additional resources:

Last updated on 9 January 2018