TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation of correlated-photon statistics using a single detector
AU - Kim, Yoon Ho
AU - Grice, Warren P.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We report experimental observations of correlated-photon statistics in the single-photon detection rate. The usual quantum interference in a two-photon polarization interferometer always accompanies a dip in the single-detector counting rate, regardless of whether a dip or a peak is seen in the coincidence rate. This effect is explained by taking into account all possible photon number states that reach the detector, rather than considering just the state postselected by the coincidence measurement. We also report an interferometeric scheme in which the interference peak or dip in the coincidence corresponds directly to a peak or a dip in the single-photon detection rate.
AB - We report experimental observations of correlated-photon statistics in the single-photon detection rate. The usual quantum interference in a two-photon polarization interferometer always accompanies a dip in the single-detector counting rate, regardless of whether a dip or a peak is seen in the coincidence rate. This effect is explained by taking into account all possible photon number states that reach the detector, rather than considering just the state postselected by the coincidence measurement. We also report an interferometeric scheme in which the interference peak or dip in the coincidence corresponds directly to a peak or a dip in the single-photon detection rate.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.065802
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.065802
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85037240156
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 67
SP - 4
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 6
ER -