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View SchemaDe Broglie Wavelength Reduction for a Multi-photon Wave Packet
| Authors | Ole Steuernagel |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0110055 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0110055 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.033820 |
Abstract
An experiment is proposed that permits the observation of the reduced de Broglie wavelengths of two and four-photon wave packets using present technology. It is suggested to use a Mach-Zehnder setup and feed both input ports with light generated by a single non-degenerate down-conversion source. The strong quantum correlations of the light in conjunction with boson-enhancement at the input beam splitter allow to detect a two- and fourfold decrease in the observed de Broglie wavelength with perfect visibility. This allows a reduction of the observed de Broglie wavelength below the wavelength of the source.
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