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September 27, 2008 Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
Uncertainty Principle
A natural effect of the Quantum World
September 27, 2008 Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
A shot taken when the
camera is focused at the
grass.
A shot taken when the
camera is focused at the
flower.
September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
How do we see what we see
in a camera shot !!
The camera gets a
bunch of photons
[particulate light] or
a flash of light beam,
[light in wave form]
To get a clear image
of a spot this bunch
must be registered
with precision.
 I.e. the spread in the
energy of photons must
be narrow.
 The spread of the
energy is the same as
the “error” of the energy
measurement the
camera is capable of
performing, the less the
error the sharper the
image.
September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
How do we see what we see
in a camera shot !! ……
 Light travels at a
constant speed and the
small spread of the
energy is same as a
precise frequency of the
light beam.
 This is not independent
of the corresponding
spread in the
wavelength of the light
beam.
 The spread or the error
of the wavelength is
large if the
corresponding error in
the frequency/energy is
small.
 For sharper image at a
specific spot the
position of the other
spots is “blurred”.
September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
“Sharp” in energy, “blurred” in
location
September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
 The image of the flower is blurred as its position along the direction “vertical to
the picture (say Z)” is not known precisely. In-fact it’s a “stack” of images from
different Z-locations. Since the camera has measured energy precisely it has
lost the position to the extent of a wide Z.
 So far so good. Only the smartest guys would immediately point out what’s
“wrong” with this explanation. Their question would be the precision of energy
would also mean a lack of precision for the Z position of the grass. Why is it Not
blurred.
September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
 In-fact this would mean the Uncertainty Principle is not valid
 The answer is “Uncertainty Principle” is still valid. The grass image would have
been blurred except for we have focused our camera to the grass. “So what?,
does that mean focusing has over-ruling power and uncertainty principle is a
joke?” NO. Focusing has provided an independent way of precise knowledge of
the Z position of the grass. The camera has focused to a precise position and
this knowledge is inherent in the information content of the camera. When the
camera reconstructs the images from all the available photons despite of the
error in the wavelength of the bunch coming from the grass we know its
position clearly.
September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
A principle of Nature.
 We would even have discovered this effect with our
naked eye, trying to focus to a distant object other
objects have a blurry image. Nonetheless this is not
an easy task with the eye. It doesn’t mean we are
super powerful but rather our eye works like a
camera/detector and our perception of vision is same
as our perception of a image shot by a camera. In the
case of a camera we have better optical and digital
power.
 In any case “Uncertainty Principle” is just there in
Nature, like there is Gravity, or the sensation of
warmth and cold.
September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
Merging the QM and the non
QM information ?
 I haven’t done this experiment with a film camera or
even with naked eye. This was done with a latest digital
model and I don’t know its exact mechanism. I haven’t
reviewed to understand how exactly, focusing gives us
inherent precision about position. In any case its clear
that this is independent of the camera’s other
measurement. By focusing in-between the grass and
flower we were going to get a blurry grass as well. Does
it mean a digital camera merges both optical
measurement with its digital or quantum mechanical
measurement and gives us better result?? In that case
can we merge another focusing component to the
“camera” to get a sharper image of the flower as well??
September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
Merging the QM and the
non-QM information ?
 If not for commercial
purposes it may have
implications for
measurements in
astronomy !!
 A recently [15th Sept
2008] found “Star-
Planet !!” by the
Gemini telescope. Gemini adaptive optics image of 1RSX J160929.1-210524 and its likely
~8 Jupiter-mass companion (within red circle).
This image is a composite of J-, H- and K-band near-infrared images.
All images obtained with the Gemini Altair adaptive
optics system and the Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI) on the
Gemini North telescope. Photo Credit: Gemini Observatory
September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
Adaptive Optics System at
Gemini Observatory
 Distortion in Optical
image is corrected by
calibration of the
atmospheric effects.
September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech
Infra-red wavelength reveals
more
 Gemini works better at the
infrared wavelength, it would
be easier to study the
energy-wavelength
distributions.
 A sophisticated energy-
wavelength analysis can be
incorporated by introducing
an optical “correction” to
Quantum Mechanical
information.

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Uncertainty Principle and Photography. see mdashf.org/2015/06/08/

  • 1. September 27, 2008 Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech Uncertainty Principle A natural effect of the Quantum World
  • 2. September 27, 2008 Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech A shot taken when the camera is focused at the grass. A shot taken when the camera is focused at the flower.
  • 3. September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech How do we see what we see in a camera shot !! The camera gets a bunch of photons [particulate light] or a flash of light beam, [light in wave form] To get a clear image of a spot this bunch must be registered with precision.  I.e. the spread in the energy of photons must be narrow.  The spread of the energy is the same as the “error” of the energy measurement the camera is capable of performing, the less the error the sharper the image.
  • 4. September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech How do we see what we see in a camera shot !! ……  Light travels at a constant speed and the small spread of the energy is same as a precise frequency of the light beam.  This is not independent of the corresponding spread in the wavelength of the light beam.  The spread or the error of the wavelength is large if the corresponding error in the frequency/energy is small.  For sharper image at a specific spot the position of the other spots is “blurred”.
  • 5. September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech “Sharp” in energy, “blurred” in location
  • 6. September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech  The image of the flower is blurred as its position along the direction “vertical to the picture (say Z)” is not known precisely. In-fact it’s a “stack” of images from different Z-locations. Since the camera has measured energy precisely it has lost the position to the extent of a wide Z.  So far so good. Only the smartest guys would immediately point out what’s “wrong” with this explanation. Their question would be the precision of energy would also mean a lack of precision for the Z position of the grass. Why is it Not blurred.
  • 7. September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech  In-fact this would mean the Uncertainty Principle is not valid  The answer is “Uncertainty Principle” is still valid. The grass image would have been blurred except for we have focused our camera to the grass. “So what?, does that mean focusing has over-ruling power and uncertainty principle is a joke?” NO. Focusing has provided an independent way of precise knowledge of the Z position of the grass. The camera has focused to a precise position and this knowledge is inherent in the information content of the camera. When the camera reconstructs the images from all the available photons despite of the error in the wavelength of the bunch coming from the grass we know its position clearly.
  • 8. September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech A principle of Nature.  We would even have discovered this effect with our naked eye, trying to focus to a distant object other objects have a blurry image. Nonetheless this is not an easy task with the eye. It doesn’t mean we are super powerful but rather our eye works like a camera/detector and our perception of vision is same as our perception of a image shot by a camera. In the case of a camera we have better optical and digital power.  In any case “Uncertainty Principle” is just there in Nature, like there is Gravity, or the sensation of warmth and cold.
  • 9. September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech Merging the QM and the non QM information ?  I haven’t done this experiment with a film camera or even with naked eye. This was done with a latest digital model and I don’t know its exact mechanism. I haven’t reviewed to understand how exactly, focusing gives us inherent precision about position. In any case its clear that this is independent of the camera’s other measurement. By focusing in-between the grass and flower we were going to get a blurry grass as well. Does it mean a digital camera merges both optical measurement with its digital or quantum mechanical measurement and gives us better result?? In that case can we merge another focusing component to the “camera” to get a sharper image of the flower as well??
  • 10. September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech Merging the QM and the non-QM information ?  If not for commercial purposes it may have implications for measurements in astronomy !!  A recently [15th Sept 2008] found “Star- Planet !!” by the Gemini telescope. Gemini adaptive optics image of 1RSX J160929.1-210524 and its likely ~8 Jupiter-mass companion (within red circle). This image is a composite of J-, H- and K-band near-infrared images. All images obtained with the Gemini Altair adaptive optics system and the Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI) on the Gemini North telescope. Photo Credit: Gemini Observatory
  • 11. September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech Adaptive Optics System at Gemini Observatory  Distortion in Optical image is corrected by calibration of the atmospheric effects.
  • 12. September 27, 2008Manmohan Dash, Virginia Tech Infra-red wavelength reveals more  Gemini works better at the infrared wavelength, it would be easier to study the energy-wavelength distributions.  A sophisticated energy- wavelength analysis can be incorporated by introducing an optical “correction” to Quantum Mechanical information.