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View SchemaGhost Interference with Optical Parametric Amplifier
| Authors | Sulakshana Thanvanthri, Morton H. Rubin |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0407169 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0407169 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.063811 |
Abstract
The 'Ghost' interference experiment is analyzed when the source of entangled photons is a multimode Optical Parametric Amplifier(OPA) whose weak limit is the two-photon Spontaneous Parametric Downconversion(SPDC) beam. The visibility of the double-slit pattern is calculated, taking the finite coincidence time window of the photon counting detectors into account. It is found that the coincidence window and the bandwidth of light reaching the detectors play a crucial role in the loss of visibility on coincidence detection, not only in the 'Ghost' interference experiment but in all experiments involving coincidence detection. The differences between the loss of visibility with two-mode and multimode OPA sources is also discussed. PACS: 42.65.Yj, 42.50.Dv, 42.65.Lm
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"abstract": "The \u0027Ghost\u0027 interference experiment is analyzed when the source of entangled\nphotons is a multimode Optical Parametric Amplifier(OPA) whose weak limit is\nthe two-photon Spontaneous Parametric Downconversion(SPDC) beam. The visibility\nof the double-slit pattern is calculated, taking the finite coincidence time\nwindow of the photon counting detectors into account. It is found that the\ncoincidence window and the bandwidth of light reaching the detectors play a\ncrucial role in the loss of visibility on coincidence detection, not only in\nthe \u0027Ghost\u0027 interference experiment but in all experiments involving\ncoincidence detection. The differences between the loss of visibility with\ntwo-mode and multimode OPA sources is also discussed.\n PACS: 42.65.Yj, 42.50.Dv, 42.65.Lm",
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