Join the trial lecture - September 20th at 10:15 AM (room 402, Department of Technology Systems)
"Foundations of entanglement beyond Bell's theorem".
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Meeting ID: 663 4831 6299
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Conferral summary
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Main research findings
Photons and other fundamental particles in physics allow us to predict many phenomena in nature with very high accuracy. However, a fundamental limitation of these particle states is that they cannot be localized in space and time, meaning that they cannot describe any signal generated on demand.
In this work we analyze the issue of particle localization in quantum field theory. To formalize what it means for a relativistic particle to be localized, we take an operational approach based on expectation values of local measurements. In this framework it is clear that single photons cannot represent any causal signal, since their energy density is nonzero for all space.
To solve this problem, we introduce a new type of optical state that is localized while simultaneously being close to a single photon in many realizable situations. This new state may represent a non-classical signal generated on demand in quantum field theory.
Furthermore, we establish constraints on the maximum possible fidelity between any localized state and a single photon. The results show that any ultrafast optical signal produced on demand must inevitably contain substantial multiphoton components! These methods also make it possible to demonstrate causality for the much-debated phenomenon of single-photon tunneling.
Chair of defence
Prof., PhD Cecilie Rolstad Denby, University of Oslo
Adjudication committee
1st Opponent: Prof., PhD Pieter Kok, University of Sheffield
2nd Opponent: Postdoc, PhD Thiago Lucena de Macedo Guedes, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Chair of committee: Prof, PhD. Torbjørn Skauli, University of Oslo
Supervisors
Supervisor: Prof., PhD Johannes Skaar, University of Oslo
Candidate contact information
E-mail: jangulla93@gmail.com
Mobil no: +47 90646862
For more information
PhD-coordinator: Yvonne Baade