Beam-splitters don't have memory: a comment on "Event-based corpuscular model for quantum optics experiments'' by K.Michielsen et al

TL;DR

This paper critically evaluates a proposed corpuscular model for quantum optics experiments, demonstrating its failures and proposing an experiment to test its validity, thereby challenging its explanatory power.

Contribution

The paper provides a critical analysis of Michielsen et al.'s model, identifying its shortcomings and suggesting an experimental test to falsify the model.

Findings

The model fails to accurately explain key quantum optics phenomena.

The authors propose an experiment to empirically test and potentially falsify the model.

The critique highlights limitations of corpuscular explanations in quantum optics.

Abstract

In a recent article (arXiv:1006.1728) K.Michielsen et al. claim that a simple corpuscular model can explain many quantum optics experiments. We discuss these claims and show that their proposal fails at several levels. Finally, we propose an experiment to falsify the model.