APS Excellence in Physics Education Award
November 2019

Education Prize Logo
Science SPORE Prize
November 2011

NSF Logo
The Open Source Physics Project is supported by NSF DUE-0442581.

Computer Program Detail Page

Item Picture
Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Model
written by Juan María Fernández
This simulator implements  the Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment in an ideal Interferometer of Mach-Zehnder type, as desccribed by John Archibald Wheeler and Wojciech Hubert Zurek,  Editors in "Quantum Theory and Measurement" , Princeton Series in Physics, (1984).

The simulator shows  the basic fundamental  ideas of the Quantum Mechanics:

    Wave-Particle nature of Photon
    Probabilistic interpretation of  Quantum Mechanics
    Superposition of Quantum States in Beam Splitting
    Interference of states in One Photon experiments
    The striking difference between  Photons and Classical  
    particles, i.e. between Quantum Mechanics and Classical
    Common Sense intuitions

The simulator has a wide target range, from High School to Physics Undergraduate students.

WheelerDelayedExperiment.pdf  is a PDF file with the QM Background and the simulator use.

WheelerDelayed_1.mp4 is a video tutorial and User Guide.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.7 of Java (JRE).
2 supplemental documents are available
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Quantum Physics
- Entanglement and Quantum Information
- Foundations and Measurements
- General
- Probability, Waves, and Interference
- Quantum Experiments
- Upper Undergraduate
- Graduate/Professional
- Instructional Material
= Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- General Publics
- application/java
  • Currently 0.0/5

Want to rate this material?
Login here!


Access Rights:
Free access
License:
This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:
Juan María Fernández
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created January 2, 2015 by Juan Maria Fernandez
Record Updated:
January 18, 2015 by Wolfgang Christian
ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link
AIP Format
J. Fernández, Computer Program WHEELER'S DELAYED CHOICE EXPERIMENT MODEL (2015), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13397&DocID=3984).
AJP/PRST-PER
J. Fernández, Computer Program WHEELER'S DELAYED CHOICE EXPERIMENT MODEL (2015), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13397&DocID=3984>.
APA Format
Fernández, J. (2015). Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Model [Computer software]. Retrieved December 7, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13397&DocID=3984
Chicago Format
Fernández, Juan María. "Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Model." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13397&DocID=3984 (accessed 7 December 2024).
MLA Format
Fernández, Juan María. Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Model. Computer software. 2015. Java (JRE) 1.7. 7 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13397&DocID=3984>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Author = "Juan María Fernández", Title = {Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Model}, Year = {2015} }
Refer Export Format

%A Juan María Fernández %T Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Model %D 2015 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13397&DocID=3984 %O application/java

EndNote Export Format

%0 Computer Program %A Fernández, Juan María %D 2015 %T Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Model %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13397&DocID=3984


Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.

Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Model:

Is Based On Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool

The Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool is needed to explore the computational model used in the Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Model.

relation by Wolfgang Christian

Know of another related resource? Login to relate this resource to it.
Save to my folders

Contribute

Related Materials

Similar Materials

Featured By

Open Source Physics
Jan 13 - Dec 13, 2015

OSP Projects:
Open Source Physics - EJS Modeling
Tracker
Physlet Physics
Physlet Quantum Physics
STP Book