Highly nonclassical photon statistics in parametric down-conversion

Edo Waks, Barry C. Sanders, Eleni Diamanti, and Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Phys. Rev. A 73, 033814 – Published 20 March 2006
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  • INTRODUCTION
  • SINGLE-BEAM NONCLASSICAL STATISTICS
  • TWIN-BEAM NONCLASSICAL STATISTICS
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    • References

    Abstract

    We use photon counters to obtain the joint photon-counting statistics from twin-beam nondegenerate parametric down-conversion, and we demonstrate directly, and with no auxiliary assumptions, that these twin beams are nonclassical.

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    • Received 12 December 2005

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.033814

    ©2006 American Physical Society

    Authors & Affiliations

    Edo Waks1, Barry C. Sanders2,3, Eleni Diamanti1, and Yoshihisa Yamamoto1

    • 1E. L. Ginzton Laboratories, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    • 2Institute for Quantum Information Science, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
    • 3Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia

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    Vol. 73, Iss. 3 — March 2006

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