Measurement of the photonic de Broglie wavelength of entangled photon pairs generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion

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作者
Edamatsu, K [1 ]
Shimizu, R [1 ]
Itoh, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Osaka Univ, Grad Sch Engn Sci, Div Mat Phys, Toyonaka, Osaka 5608531, Japan
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.213601
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Using a basic Mach-Zehnder interferometer, we demonstrate experimentally the measurement of the photonic de Broglie wavelength of entangled photon pairs (biphotons) generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion. The observed interference manifests the concept of the photonic de Broglie wavelength. We also discuss the phase uncertainty obtained from the experiment.
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页码:213601 / 213601
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