Two-photon interference with two independent pseudothermal sources

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Zhai, Yan Hua ^a   Chen, Xi Hao ^a,b   Wu, Ling An ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PSEUDOTHERMAL SOURCES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TWO-PHOTON INTERFERENCE;

PHOTONS;

EID: 33750971420     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.053807     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. R. Hanbury Brown and R. Q. Twiss, Nature (London) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/177027a0 177, 27 (1956);
2. R. Hanbury Brown and R. Q. Twiss, Nature (London) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/1781046a0 178, 1046 (1956).
3. E. J. S. Fonseca, C. H. Monken, and S. Padua, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2868 82, 2868 (1999).
4. A. N. Boto, P. Kok, D. S. Abrams, S. L. Braunstein, C. P. Williams, and J. P. Dowling, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2733 85, 2733 (2000).
5. E. M. Nagasako, S. J. Bentley, R. W. Boyd, and G. S. Agarwal, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.043802 64, 043802 (2001).
6. M. D’Angelo, M. V. Chekhova, and Y. Shih, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.013602 87, 013602 (2001).
7. A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, and L. A. Lugiato, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.133603 90, 133603 (2003).
8. A. Zeilinger, Rev. Mod. Phys. RMPHAT 0034-6861 10.1103/RevModPhys.71.S288 71, S288 (1999).
9. Y. H. Shih, Rep. Prog. Phys. RPPHAG 0034-4885 10.1088/0034-4885/66/6/203 66, 1009 (2003).
10. T. B. Pittman, D. V. Strekalov, A. Migdall, M. H. Rubin, A. V. Sergienko, and Y. H. Shih, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.1917 77, 1917 (1996).
11. D. V. Strekalov, T. B. Pittman, and Y. H. Shih, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.567 57, 567 (1998).
12. G. G. Lapaire and J. E. Sipe, e-print quant-ph/0607008.
13. M. H. Rubin, e-print quant-ph/0608073.
14. K. Wang and D. Z. Cao, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.70. 041801 70, 041801 (R) (2004).
15. Y. J. Cai and S. Y. Zhu, Opt. Lett. OPLEDP 0146-9592 10.1364/OL.29.002716 29, 2716 (2004).
16. G. Scarcelli, A. Valencia, and Y. Shih, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.051802 70, 051802 (R) (2004).
17. G. Scarcelli, A. Valencia, and Y. H. Shih, Europhys. Lett. EULEEJ 0295-5075 10.1209/epl/i2004-10280-8 68, 618 (2004).
18. J. Xiong, D. Z. Cao, F. Huang, H. G. Li, X. J. Sun, and K. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.173601 94, 173601 (2005).
19. F. Ferri, D. Magatti, A. Gatti, M. Bache, E. Brambilla, and L. A. Lugiato, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.183602 94, 183602 (2005).
20. Y. H. Zhai, X. H. Chen, D. Zhang, and L. A. Wu, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.043805 72, 043805 (2005).
21. G. Scarcelli, V. Berardi, and Y. Shih, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.063602 96, 063602 (2006).
22. J. W. Goodman, Statistical Optics (Wiley, New York, 1985).
23. G. Magyar and L. Mandel, Nature (London) NATUAS 0028-0836 196, 255 (1963).
24. R. L. Pfleegor and L. Mandel, Phys. Rev. PHRVAO 0031-899X 10.1103/PhysRev.159.1084 159, 1084 (1967).
25. L. Mandel, Phys. Rev. PRVAAH 0096-8250 10.1103/PhysRev.134.A10 134, A 10 (1964);
26. L. Mandel, Phys. Rev. A PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.28.929 28, 929 (1983).
27. L. D. Broglie and J. A. E. Silva, Phys. Rev. PHRVAO 0031-899X 10.1103/PhysRev.172.1284 172, 1284 (1968).
28. B. Liebowitz, Phys. Rev. D PRVDAQ 0556-2821 10.1103/PhysRevD.1.720 1, 720 (1970).
29. H. Paul, Rev. Mod. Phys. RMPHAT 0034-6861 10.1103/RevModPhys.58.209 58, 209 (1986).
30. W. Martienssen and E. Spiller, Am. J. Phys. AJPIAS 0002-9505 10.1119/1.1970023 32, 919 (1964).
31. J. G. Rarity and P. R. Tapster, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, Ser. A PTRMAD 0962-8428 10.1098/rsta.1997.0125 355, 2267 (1997).
32. T. B. Pittman and J. D. Franson, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.240401 90, 240401 (2003).
33. R. Kaltenbaek, B. Blauensteiner, M. Zukowski, M. Aspelmeyer, and A. Zeilinger, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.240502 96, 240502 (2006).
34. P. Hariharan, N. Brown, and B. C. Sanders, J. Mod. Opt. JMOPEW 0950-0340 40, 113 (1993).
35. L. Mandel and E. Wolf, Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1995).
36. P. A. M. Dirac, The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (Oxford University Press, London, 1958).
37. J. Cheng and S. S. Han, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.093903 92, 093903 (2004).