Experimental Evidence for a Photon Anticorrelation Effect on a Beam Splitter: A New Light on Single-Photon Interferences
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We report on two experiments using an atomic cascade as a light source, and a triggered detection scheme for the second photon of the cascade. The first experiment shows a strong anticorrelation between the triggered detections on both sides of a beam splitter. This result is in contradiction with any classical wave model of light, but in agreement with a quantum description involving single-photon states. The same source and detection scheme were used in a second experiment, where we have observed interferences with a visibility over 98%.
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In 1986, Aspect and co-workers used this atomic cascade source to demonstrate the wave-particle duality of a photon by sending single photons on a beam splitter.
“In 1986, Aspect and co-workers (Grangier et al 1986) used this atomic cascade source to demonstrate the wave-particle duality of a photon by sending single photons on a beam splitter.”
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They observed a strong anticorrelation between the triggered detections on the two sides of the beam splitter, which was a clear signature of a particle-like behaviour of the single photon.
“They observed a strong anticorrelation between the triggered detections on the two sides of the beam splitter, which was a clear signature of a particle-like behaviour of the single photon.”
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When the output beams of the beam splitter were recombined on a second beam splitter to form a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, interferences with a visibility of over 98% were observed when the optical path between the two arms was varied.
“When the output beams of the beam splitter were recombined on a second beam splitter to form a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, interferences with a visibility of over 98% were observed when the optical path between the two arms of the interferometer was varied.”
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- Authors
- Grangier, P., Roger, G., & Aspect, A.
- Affiliations
- Institut d’Optique Graduate School (FR)
- Collège de France (FR)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Europhysics Letters (EPL)
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 1986-02-15
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 173-179
- ISSN
- 0295-5075 (ISSN-L)
- 1286-4854
- OpenAlex
- W1969232365
- Cited by
- 984
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- 13
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- FWCI
- 10.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Europhysics Letters (EPL) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Keywords
- beam splitter, single-photon interference, atomic cascade, single-photon states, wave-particle duality, fringe visibility
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