Conditions for two-photon interference with coherent pulses

被引：37
作者：
Kim, Yong-Su [1 ]
Slattery, Oliver [1 ]
Kuo, Paulina S. [1 ]
Tang, Xiao [1 ]
机构：
[1] NIST, Informat Technol Lab, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2013年 / 87卷 / 06期
基金：
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词：
QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; BELL-INEQUALITY; PHOTON; TIME;
D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevA.87.063843
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We study the conditions for two-photon classical interference with coherent pulses. We find that the temporal overlap between optical pulses is not required for interference. However, coherence within the same inputs is found to be essential for the interference.
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