TY - GEN
T1 - Biphoton interference and photonic de Broglie wavelength of parametric downconverted photons
AU - Shimizu, R.
AU - Edamatsu, K.
AU - Itoh, T.
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - Summary form only given. Recently, Jacobson et al. ( see Phys. Rev. Lett., vol.74, p. 4835 (1995)) proposed the concept of "photonic de Broglie wave" in multiphoton states. They argued that the photonic de Broglie wavelength of an ensemble of photons with wavelength λ0 and average number of photons N can be measured using a special interferometer with "effective beam splitters" that do not split the multiphoton states into constituent photons. Fonseca et al. see Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 82, p. 2868 (1999)) measured the photonic de Broglie wavelength of a two-photon state ("biphoton") using a kind of Young's interferometer. We propose and demonstrate the measurement of photonic de Broglie wavelength of biphotons generated by parametric down-conversion utilizing the usual Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
AB - Summary form only given. Recently, Jacobson et al. ( see Phys. Rev. Lett., vol.74, p. 4835 (1995)) proposed the concept of "photonic de Broglie wave" in multiphoton states. They argued that the photonic de Broglie wavelength of an ensemble of photons with wavelength λ0 and average number of photons N can be measured using a special interferometer with "effective beam splitters" that do not split the multiphoton states into constituent photons. Fonseca et al. see Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 82, p. 2868 (1999)) measured the photonic de Broglie wavelength of a two-photon state ("biphoton") using a kind of Young's interferometer. We propose and demonstrate the measurement of photonic de Broglie wavelength of biphotons generated by parametric down-conversion utilizing the usual Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
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U2 - 10.1109/QELS.2001.961867
DO - 10.1109/QELS.2001.961867
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84958236925
T3 - Technical Digest - Summaries of Papers Presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001
SP - 69
EP - 70
BT - Technical Digest - Summaries of Papers Presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001
Y2 - 6 May 2001 through 11 May 2001
ER -