• DocumentCode
    3190749
  • Title

    Detecting N-particle interference patterns with linear N-port analyzers

  • Author

    Steuernagel, Ole

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. Sci., Hertfordshire Univ., Hatfield, UK
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    374
  • Abstract
    A standard two-path interferometer fed into a linear balanced N-port analyzer with coincidence detection of its output ports is analyzed. For unbound bosons it allows the detection of N-particle interference patterns with an N-fold reduction of the observed de Broglie wavelength and perfect visibility. Because the scheme involves heavy filtering, a lot of the signal is lost, yet, it is robust against common experimental imperfections and shows little noise. The proposal can be implemented with current technology.
  • Keywords
    boson systems; particle interferometry; photon counting; N-particle interference patterns; N-port analyzers; coincidence detection; two-path interferometer; unbound bosons; Costs; Detectors; Event detection; Interference; Pattern analysis; Phase detection; Phase noise; Phase shifters; Phase shifting interferometry; Phased arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7733-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314231
  • Filename
    1314231