Single-photon double-slit with multiple apparatus?

[aletheia]

TL;DR

Double-slit experiment: has anyone tested single photons with multiple identical apparatuses?

Has anyone tested the double-slit experiment with single photons using multiple identical apparatuses — each with its own emission history —, and then formed the histogram from these “zillions” photons?

Standard QM predicts the outcome as only statistical.

If the histogram formed from different apparatuses do not reproduce the interference pattern, it could point out to a locally influence from the superposition of the previous collapsed photons.

If this hasn't been done, would it be feasible?

 

[Matterwave]

What do you mean by "multiple identical apparatuses"?

Can you clarify your experiment and what you are expecting to see?

 

[anuttarasammyak]

My favorite single photon Young double slit experiment by Hamamatsu Photonics in 1982 is here. https://photonterrace.net/en/photon/duality/

 

[aletheia]

What do you mean by "multiple identical apparatuses"?

Can you clarify your experiment and what you are expecting to see?

My question is pretty straightforward: according to mainstream QM framework, the interference pattern is a statistical consequence of multiple photons — theoretically, so, if you shoot one photon at a time in the same apparatus or if you shoot one photon at an identical apparatus at every single shoot, the histogram formed by the “zillions” photons should not differ, therefore, if the outcome was be different, the history left behind by the photons that had already collapsed into the screen could have influence in the statistical outcome.
What could be it?
Many things (idn).
That’s why I ask here, since I couldn’t find any peer reviewed studies on the double slits testing this hypothesis, I’d like to know if it has already been tested (if so, where?), if not, would it be possible to be done?

 

[PeroK]

My question is pretty straightforward: according to mainstream QM framework, the interference pattern is a statistical consequence of multiple photons

I guess your idea is to do the experiment with one photon. Record the impact location on the detector screen. Replace the detector screen with a new one. Repeat?

If you do a physics degree, you can propose this as an experiment. QM predicts this will make no difference to the overall pattern of impact locations.

 

[Dale]

Double slit tests have been done by many different labs using a variety of apparatuses. Are you just asking if any of those experiments have been done with the same make and model of equipment?

 

[PeterDonis]

according to mainstream QM framework, the interference pattern is a statistical consequence of multiple photons

I'm not sure what you mean by this. The interference pattern is a consequence of the wave function of a single photon. The double slit experiment has been run with a light source of low enough intensity that only one photon is passing through the apparatus at a time, and the points of impact of each individual photon still build up an interference pattern over time.

if you shoot one photon at a time in the same apparatus or if you shoot one photon at an identical apparatus at every single shoot, the histogram formed by the “zillions” photons should not differ

I'm not sure what you mean by "an identical apparatus". If you want to see the interference pattern build up over time when you're doing the experiment one photon at a time, you have to have a single detector screen that records the impacts of all the photons.

 

[PeterDonis]

QM predicts this will make no difference to the overall pattern of impact locations.

But it will be more difficult to obtain the pattern, since you'll have to combine measurements of photon impacts on multiple detector screens.

 

[PeterDonis]

f the outcome was be different, the history left behind by the photons that had already collapsed into the screen could have influence in the statistical outcome

This reasoning would only apply if you ran all the photons through the same apparatus, i.e., recorded all their impacts on the same detector screen. And this experiment has been done, as I said in post #7, and showed the expected interference pattern.

If, OTOH, you run the experiment with a new apparatus and a new detector screen for each photon, you're not even testing whether "the history left behind" by previous photons affects the results for future photons. So I don't see why you'd even want to do this.

 

[PeterDonis]

Here is a paper describing a typical single-photon double slit experiment:

https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.h...-demonstrations/files/single_photon_paper.pdf

This experiment also included other elements testing other QM predictions.

 

[PeterDonis]

Here is a paper describing a typical single-photon double slit experiment

And for historical context, here is the journal containing the paper (from 1909) describing the first such experiment, by G. I. Taylor:

https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofcam15190810camb/page/114/mode/2up

The paper starts on page 114.