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Has it or can it be proven whether a "pair" of entangled photons are really the same photon (or not)?
Thanks,
FRQ
Thanks,
FRQ
DrChinese said:A pair of entangled photons is 2 photons. They share a single wave function. There are a variety of ways to demonstrate this. Can you tell us why you would think that 2 photons are really 1?
Entangled photons are a pair of photons that are connected in such a way that the state of one photon is dependent on the state of the other, regardless of the distance between them.
Entangled photons are typically created through a process called spontaneous parametric down-conversion, where a high-energy photon is split into two lower-energy photons with opposite polarizations.
No, entangled photons are not the same particle. They are two separate photons that are connected through quantum entanglement.
Entangled photons have significant implications in the field of quantum mechanics, particularly in the study of quantum entanglement and quantum teleportation. They also have potential applications in quantum computing and cryptography.
Yes, it is possible to break the entanglement between two photons through various methods such as measuring one of the photons or introducing outside interference. This results in the loss of entanglement and the photons becoming independent of each other again.