Interference and correlation of two independent photons
Journal article, 2003
Two independent photons, produced through the spontaneous emission of two separate emitters subject to uncorrelated dephasing processes, can display two-photon interference (i.e. coalescence into a two-photon state) when they are incident simultaneously on a beamsplitter, in a manner analogous to that of twin photons produced through degenerate parametric fluorescence. The presence of dephasing processes, however, reduces the interference contrast (i.e. the probability of coalescence), by the ratio of the coherence time to the lifetime of the emitter.
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Author
Jonas Bylander
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics
Isabelle Robert-Philip
Izo Abram
European Physical Journal D
14346060 (ISSN) 14346079 (eISSN)
Vol. 22 295-301Subject Categories
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Information Science
Nano Technology
Condensed Matter Physics
DOI
10.1140/epjd/e2002-00236-6