Single photon experiments involving a Mach-Zehnder interferometer can illustrate the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, e.g., the wave-particle duality of a single photon, single photon interference, and the probabilistic nature of quantum measurement involving single photons. These experiments explicitly make the connection between the abstract quantum theory and concrete laboratory ...

Many theoretical calculations of subtle coherent effects in quantum mechanics do not carefully consider the interface between their calculations and experiment. Calculations for gedanken experiments using initial states not satisfied in realistic experiments give results requiring interpretation. Confusion and ambiguities frequently arise. Calculations for timedependent mixing oscillations desc...

Gamification at is current state lacks methods for fast iteration and evaluation of game mechanics and game elements. Using UAREI modelling method to simulate gamified system and evaluate its effects users based on player types. In the experiment a simulated market of agents is used randomized motivation and behavior accounting. User behavior is expressed using mathematical formula and adjusted...

We emphasize the difficulties of an experiment that can definitely discriminate between local realistic hidden variables theories and quantum mechanics using the Bell CHSH inequalities and a real measurement apparatus. In particular we analyze some examples in which the noise in real instruments can alter the experimental results, and the nontrivial problem to find a real “fair sample” of parti...

The tenth annual RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology symposium ‘Quantitative Developmental Biology’ held in March 2012 covered a range of topics from coat colour patterning to the mechanics of morphogenesis. The studies presented shared a common theme in which a combination of physical theory, quantitative analysis and experiment was used to understand a specific cellular process in developm...

The fallacy that the many worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics implies certain survival in quantum-Russian-roulette-like situations (the ‘Quantum Suicide’ (QS) thought experiment) has become common enough that it is now necessary to publicly debunk this belief despite the risk of further publicizing it. ‘Quantum Immortality’ (QI) is an extension of the QS Fallacy (QSF) with some add...

A revisited realization of the Young's double slit experiment is introduced to directly probe the photonic mode symmetry by photoluminescence experiments. We experimentally measure the far field angular emission pattern of quantum dots embedded in photonic molecules. The experimental data well agree with predictions from Young's interference and numerical simulations. Moreover, the vectorial na...

-. Starting from steps of length h/me and time intervals h/mc2, which imply a quasi-local Zitterbewe.quny with velocity steps fc, we employ discrimination between bit-strings of finite length to construct a necessarily 3+1 dimensional eventspace for relativistic quantum mechanics. By using the combinatorial hierarchy to label the strings, we provide a successful start on constructing the coupli...

Entanglement is the cornerstone of all new technological implications of quantum mechanics which meanwhile extend into the realm of theoretical chemistry. In this contribution the relation between entanglement and phase factors is investigated in terms of statistical operators. After the introduction of a simplified definition of the separability of a statistical operator a new way to obtain ph...