Title :
Measurement of the space-time relation in quantum coherence propagation
Author :
Wang, L.J. ; Rhee, G.-K.
Author_Institution :
NEC Res. Inst., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given.In the process of induced coherence without induced emission, photons spontaneously emitted from two parametric downconverters exhibit interference when the possibility of identifying the photon´s path is removed. On the other hand, when it becomes possible to perform an auxiliary measurement to obtain such path information, even in the absence of any direct disturbance to the photons, the interference disappears. In this paper, we measure the space-time relation between the event making it possible to identify the photon´s path and the resulting disappearance of interference.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric devices; quantum optics; spontaneous emission; auxiliary measurement; parametric downconverters; path information; photon´s path; quantum coherence propagation; space-time relation measurement; spontaneous emission; Coherence; Electrooptic modulators; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Production; Pump lasers; Quantum computing; Sagnac interferometers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 1998. IQEC 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-541-2
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC.1998.680287