CORRELATED 2-PHOTON INTERFERENCE IN A DUAL-BEAM MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER

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作者
KWIAT, PG [1 ]
VAREKA, WA [1 ]
HONG, CK [1 ]
NATHEL, H [1 ]
CHIAO, RY [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB, LIVERMORE, CA 94550 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1990年 / 41卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.41.2910
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on an interference effect arising from a two-photon entangled state produced in a potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystal pumped by an ultraviolet argon-ion laser. Two conjugate beams of signal and idler photons were injected in a parallel configuration into a single Michelson interferometer, and detected separately by two photomultipliers, while the difference in its arm lengths was slowly scanned. The coincidence rate exhibited fringes with a visibility of nearly 50%, and a period given by half the ultraviolet (not the signal or idler) wavelength, while the singles rate exhibited no fringes. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:2910 / 2913
页数:4
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