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San K
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Let's say we pass a photon through a 0 degree polarizer.
the photon is now oriented at 0 degrees, meaning it will pass through subsequent polarizeres oriented at 0 degrees.
(note - Not all photons will pass through the 0 degree polarizer, roughly 50% will pass through. we are talking about the ones that are able to pass through the polarizer)
1. Is the photon now in a determinate state? ...on just one axis or all?
2. If a spin is determinate on one axis, can it be indeterminate on the other axis? in QM
3. Is this possible in classical mechanics? i.e. determinate on one axis but indeterminate on another?
is indeterminacy possible, at all, in classical mechanics?
4. Can a photon, without any interaction, degrade from a determinate state to indeterminate state with time/space?
5. is it easy to convert/swap between determinate and indeterminate states?
i.e. to make a photon state determinate - pass through polarizer
to make a photon state indeterminate -- put it in superposition (i.e. half silvered mirror, ?)
6. Is the indeterminate state much more common in nature/universe? (because polarizers and similar are not so common in nature)
the photon is now oriented at 0 degrees, meaning it will pass through subsequent polarizeres oriented at 0 degrees.
(note - Not all photons will pass through the 0 degree polarizer, roughly 50% will pass through. we are talking about the ones that are able to pass through the polarizer)
1. Is the photon now in a determinate state? ...on just one axis or all?
2. If a spin is determinate on one axis, can it be indeterminate on the other axis? in QM
3. Is this possible in classical mechanics? i.e. determinate on one axis but indeterminate on another?
is indeterminacy possible, at all, in classical mechanics?
4. Can a photon, without any interaction, degrade from a determinate state to indeterminate state with time/space?
5. is it easy to convert/swap between determinate and indeterminate states?
i.e. to make a photon state determinate - pass through polarizer
to make a photon state indeterminate -- put it in superposition (i.e. half silvered mirror, ?)
6. Is the indeterminate state much more common in nature/universe? (because polarizers and similar are not so common in nature)
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