• DocumentCode
    3351733
  • Title

    Two-photon interference between two well-separated pulses

  • Author

    Yoon-Ho Kim ; Chekhova, M.V. ; Kulik, S.P. ; Shih, Yen-Hao

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    23-28 May 1992
  • Firstpage
    274
  • Lastpage
    275
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. The superposition principle is at the heart of quantum mechanics and plays the central role in interference phenomena in quantum mechanics. Quantum interference differs from classical interference because of particle nature of light. In a quantum mechanical picture, interference occurs because there are indistinguishable ways of an event to occur. Whenever which-path information is given to the system, interference disappears. We have experimentally demonstrated that two-photon interference occurs for biphoton amplitudes arising from two well-separated pump pulses.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; light interference; light interferometers; optical pumping; quantum interference phenomena; quantum optics; two-photon processes; 140 fs; biphoton amplitudes; interference phenomena; quantum mechanical picture; quantum mechanics; superposition principle; two-photon interference; well-separated pulses; well-separated pump pulses; which-path information; Bandwidth; Chemical lasers; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Fluctuations; Frequency; Interference; Laser theory; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Optical buffering; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1999. QELS '99. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-576-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.1999.807665
  • Filename
    807665