Beam-splitters don't have memory: a comment on "Event-based corpuscular model for quantum optics experiments'' by K.Michielsen et al

2010/12/03 by Radu Ionicioiu, Ionicioiu, Radu
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1012.0647

arxiv created 2010/12/03 · openalex publication_date 2010/12/03 · arxiv updated 2010/12/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

In a recent article (arXiv:1006.1728) K.Michielsen et al. claim that a simple corpuscular model can explain many quantum optics experiments. We discuss these claims and show that their proposal fails at several levels. Finally, we propose an experiment to falsify the model.

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