Human Visual System as a Double-Slit Single Photon Interference Sensor: A Comparison between Modellistic and Biophysical Tests

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 1; p. e0147464
• Main Authors: Pizzi, Rita, Wang, Rui, Rossetti, Danilo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 27.01.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Analysis; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Biophysics; Computation; Computer applications; Computer science; Computer Simulation; Consciousness; Engineering and Technology; Experiments; Eye; Human performance; Humans; Information theory; Light; Light sources; Literature reviews; Measuring instruments; Medicine and Health Sciences; Models, Biological; Neurosciences; Perceptions; Photomultiplier tubes; Photons; Photoreceptors; Physical Sciences; Quantum physics; Quantum theory; Researchers; Sensors; Simulation; Social Sciences; Studies; Vision, Ocular - physiology; Visual Pathways - physiology; Visual Perception - physiology; Visual system; Italy

This paper describes a computational approach to the theoretical problems involved in the Young's single-photon double-slit experiment, focusing on a simulation of this experiment in the absence of measuring devices. Specifically, the human visual system is used in place of a photomultiplier or...