On the biphoton wavelength

Authors
Citation
Phs. Ribeiro, On the biphoton wavelength, BRAZ J PHYS, 31(3), 2001, pp. 478-482
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
ISSN journal
01039733 → ACNP
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
478 - 482
Database
ISI
SICI code
0103-9733(200109)31:3<478:OTBW>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We report on an experiment showing that the wavelength of a biphoton is cle arly dependent on the measurement scheme and on the way it is defined. It i s shown that it can take any value, depending on the control of the interfe rometer phase differences. It is possible to identify the interference of t he single and two-photon wavepackets as particular cases of the most genera l interference process. The variable wavelength has no implication on the e nergy of the individual photons neither on the total energy of the biphoton .