Experimental observation of the splitting of single photons by a beam splitter

被引：6

作者：

Franson, JD

机构：

[1] Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1997年 / 56卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.56.1800

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

It was recently predicted that any metallic beam splitter must have a small probability of splining a single photon into a pair of secondary photons, conserving energy in the process. This nonlinear effect is a consequence of the quantization of the field and is somewhat analogous to other nonlinear effects in QED. The splitting of single photons by a metallic beam splitter has now been observed experimentally and is in good agreement with the theoretical predictions.

引用

页码：1800 / 1805

页数：6

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