FROM QUANTUM
ENTANGLEMENT TO
TELEPORTATION
TELEPORTATION
Introduction
Quantum physics : only justification of the fact that
matter is not collapsing on itself
Macroscopic objects are not collections of micro-objects
but combinations of entities that are not objects themselves
Quantum mechanics formalism only permit to obtain
probabilistic results Classical mechanics
Determinism of distribution
Wave function collapse
In abscence of observation : the evolution of the wave
function (probability wave) describing the state of a particle or a
system obeys the time-dependent Schrdinger equation
Deterministic and reversible
At the time of observation : the wave function collapses, i.e.
the outcome of the measure is one among all the possibilities
carried out by the anterior wave function
Irreversible and probabilistic (non-deterministic)
Interpretations
Realism : the world exists independently of the observer
Idealism : the collapse of the wave function is due to
consciousness
Syncrethism : matter and mind are two aspects of a unique
reality
Positivism : impossible to say that there is or not a reality
independant of the observer
Copenhagen interpretation = positivism + empiricism
Bohr: Einstein:
Before one Do you believe
measures the electron the Moon is not
position there no there unless we're
sense in even asking looking at it?
where it is
EPR Paradox
Realistic view of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen
Paper claiming that particles do not choose randomly
between one feature and another
Theory of hidden features
Contradicts the
Heisenberg uncertainties
Quantum theory is
incomplete
Bohm suggestion and Bell's inequality
Abandon the continuous features of position and velocity
to concentrate on ones who have only two possible values
(such as spin for instance)
Bell's inequality relies on the, apparently reasonable,
fact that there is no reason why the photons emission
would depend on the orientation of the measurement
devices
If EPR were correct, the results found by two widely
separated detectors measuring certain particule properties
would have to agree more than 50% of the time
Aspect experiment
Elimination of possible influences of the detector on the source or
on any device on another
Violation of Bell's inequality
Interpretation and Non-locality
State of the photon is not determined before
measurement
Two quantum systems that once interacted are described
by a unique wave function no matter how far from each
other they get
Violation of the notion of space, i.e. long range
quantum connection can bypass spatial separation
The universe is not local
Teleportation
Two ways :
- Transport of the molecules and atoms
- Replica built using molecules located at the receiving
place
Quantum particles are undistinguishable but for their
quantum states (probability of various properties)
If you start with one particle located here and put
another one overthere in the same exact state, they are
indistinguishable
This is quantum teleportation
Teleportation principle