Factoring and Fourier transformation with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer

被引：20

作者：

Summhammer, J

机构：

[1] Atominstitut, Vienna, A-1020

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1997年 / 56卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.56.4324

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The scheme of Clauser and Dowling [Phys. Rev. A 53, 4587 (1996)] for factoring N by means of an N-slit interference experiment is translated into an experiment with a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer. With dispersive phase shifters, the ratio of the coherence length to wavelength limits the numbers that can be factored. A conservative estimate permits N approximate to 10(7). It is furthermore shown that sine and cosine Fourier coefficients of a real periodic function can be obtained with such an interferometer. [S1050-2947(97)01011-1].

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页码：4324 / 4326

页数：3

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