Abstract: From Curiosity about Quantum Foundations to the Roots of Quantum Technology
Speaker: Anton Zeilinger
Early experiments on quantum foundations were motivated essentially by curiosity. There was no awareness that this opened up the avenue to quantum information. The experiments I will discuss go from neutron interferometry via three-photon entanglement, and entanglement swapping to recent path identity results based on a seminal and long overlooked paper by Wang, Zou, and Mandel. I will also argue that experiments on the foundations continue to be a fascinating field.