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Study of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen state for space-time variables in a two photon interference experiment

Author:
Sergienko, A. V.
Published:
JAN 1, 1993.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators:
Shih, Y. H. and Rubin, M. H.
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A pair of correlated photons generated from parametric down conversion was sent to two independent Michelson interferometers. Second order interference was studied by means of a coincidence measurement between the outputs of two interferometers. The reported experiment and analysis studied this second order interference phenomena from the point of view of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox. The experiment was done in two steps. The first step of the experiment used 50 psec and 3 nsec coincidence time windows simultaneously. The 50 psec window was able to distinguish a 1.5 cm optical path difference in the interferometers. The interference visibility was measured to be 38 percent and 21 percent for the 50 psec time window and 22 percent and 7 percent for the 3 nsec time window, when the optical path difference of the interferometers were 2 cm and 4 cm, respectively. By comparing the visibilities between these two windows, the experiment showed the non-classical effect which resulted from an E.P.R. state. The second step of the experiment used a 20 psec coincidence time window, which was able to distinguish a 6 mm optical path difference in the interferometers. The interference visibilities were measured to be 59 percent for an optical path difference of 7 mm. This is the first observation of visibility greater than 50 percent for a two interferometer E.P.R. experiment which demonstrates nonclassical correlation of space-time variables.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 19940006127.
Accession ID: 94N10582.
NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, The Second International Workshop on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations; p 163-176.
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