• DocumentCode
    2785911
  • Title

    High-visibility classical multi-photon interference

  • Author

    Agafonov, I.N. ; Chekhova, M.V. ; Iskhakov, T.Sh.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Russia
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    High-visibility multi-photon interference is usually considered as a signature of nonclassical light. We show, theoretically and experimentally, that three-photon interference visibility can be as high as 81.8% for coherent light and 60% for thermal light.
  • Keywords
    Birefringence; Detectors; Filters; Interference; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Physics; Quantum entanglement; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431229
  • Filename
    4431229