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
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