Further evidence of nonclassical behavior in optical interference

Z. Y. Ou and L. Mandel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2941 – Published 19 June 1989
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Abstract

It is demonstrated in a photon coincidence experiment with two photodetectors, in which signal and idler photons produced by parametric down-conversion are allowed to interfere, that the visibility of the interference pattern is well above 50% and remains unchanged when one of the two light beams is attenuated ninefold compared with the other. These results violate classical probability for light waves.

  • Received 28 November 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2941

©1989 American Physical Society

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Z. Y. Ou and L. Mandel

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

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Vol. 62, Iss. 25 — 19 June 1989

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