Four photons interfering but showing the two-photon interference behaviour

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1003-1009

  Shi, B S ^a,b   Tomita, A ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE;

COHERENCE TIME; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; SPONTANEOUS PARAMETRIC DOWN-CONVERSION (SPDC);

PHOTONS;

EID: 33645135629     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340500443151     Document Type: Article

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