Event-based simulation of quantum phenomena : application to quantum interference, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiments, quantum computation and quantum cryptography

Although there is no doubt that quantum theory is very successful in describing a vast number of experimental results, it is well-known that quantum theory has nothing to say about individual events that are being recorded in experiments. In a number of recent papers and also in this thesis, we have demonstrated that locally-connected networks of processing units with a primitive learning capability can simulate some fundamental quantum phenomena (such as single-photon beam splitter, Mach-Zehnder interferometer experiments of Grangier, and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiments with photons and the like) on an event-by-event basis that is without solving the Schrödinger equation and without relying on concepts of quantum theory. Furthermore, we have shown that this approach can also be generalized to simulate universal quantum computation and quantum cryptography systems. We would like to emphasize that the work presented in this thesis is not concerned with an interpretation or extension of quantum theory. The ultimate goal is to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomena. The algorithms demonstrated in the thesis describe the process of generating events on a level of detail about which quantum theory has nothing to say.

	Title and contents
	Introduction
	Chapter 2
	Chapter 3
	Chapter 4
	Chapter 5
	Chapter 6
	Chapter 7
	References
	Summary
	Samenvatting
	Publications
	Acknowledgments
	Complete thesis

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