CONTROL OF VISIBILITY IN THE INTERFERENCE OF SIGNAL PHOTONS BY DELAYS IMPOSED ON THE IDLER PHOTONS

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作者
ZOU, XY [1 ]
GRAYSON, T [1 ]
BARBOSA, GA [1 ]
MANDEL, L [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV FED MINAS GERAIS, ICEX, BR-30000 BELO HORIZONTE, MG, BRAZIL
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1993年 / 47卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.47.2293
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Further interference experiments have been carried out with the two signal beams emitted from two coherently pumped parametric down-converters when the two idler beams are aligned. Because of the quantum entanglement between signal and idler photons produced in the down-conversion, it is found that the visibility of the interference of signal photons can be controlled by insertion of differential time delays between the idler photons.
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页码:2293 / 2295
页数:3
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