CONTROLLING THE DEGREE OF VISIBILITY OF YOUNGS FRINGES WITH PHOTON COINCIDENCE MEASUREMENTS

Authors
RIBEIRO PHS PADUA S DASILVA JCM BARBOSA GA
Citation
Phs. Ribeiro et al., CONTROLLING THE DEGREE OF VISIBILITY OF YOUNGS FRINGES WITH PHOTON COINCIDENCE MEASUREMENTS, Physical review. A, 49(5), 1994, pp. 4176-4179
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
49
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Part
B
Pages
4176 - 4179
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)49:5<4176:CTDOVO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Is it possible to detect the interference from an extended incoherent source with Young's slits when the source-slits distance is such that all dimensions of the coherence area of the incident light beam are sm aller than the distance between the slits? We have experimentally demo nstrated that, under the above conditions, interference fringes can be obtained with a controlled degree of visibility by means of coinciden ce measurements between conjugated beams of the down-conversion lumine scence.