PROBING THE 2-PHOTON PHASE COHERENCE OF PARAMETRICALLY DOWN-CONVERTEDPHOTONS BY A LOCAL OSCILLATOR

Authors
KOASHI M KONO K MATSUOKA M HIRANO T
Citation
M. Koashi et al., PROBING THE 2-PHOTON PHASE COHERENCE OF PARAMETRICALLY DOWN-CONVERTEDPHOTONS BY A LOCAL OSCILLATOR, Physical review. A, 50(5), 1994, pp. 180003605-180003608
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
50
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
180003605 - 180003608
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)50:5<180003605:PT2PCO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A degenerate beam of down-converted photon pairs from a nonlinear crys tal pumped by pulsed light was mixed with coherent local oscillator pu lses by a beam splitter, and the coincidence rate for detections of ph otons at the two output beams was measured. The coincidence rate showe d interference fringes as the phase difference between the pump light and the local oscillator was varied. It showed a negative correlation in some range of the phase difference.