Four-photon indistinguishability transition

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.83.062111· OSTI ID:21550036

Tichy, Malte C; Buchleitner, Andreas ^[1]; Lim, Hyang-Tag; Ra, Young-Sik; Kim, Yoon-Ho ^[2]; Mintert, Florian ^[1]

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1. Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet, Hermann-Herder Strasse 3, D-79104 Freiburg (Germany)
2. Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784 (Korea, Republic of)

We demonstrate the formation of many-particle interferences of different degrees to determine the transmission of four photons of tunable indistinguishability through a four-port beam splitter array. The probability of certain output events depends nonmonotonically on the degree of distinguishability, due to distinct multiparticle interference contributions to the transmission signal.

• OSTI ID: 21550036
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.062111; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BEAM SPLITTING
INTERFERENCE
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
PARTICLES
PHOTONS
PROBABILITY
SIGNALS
BOSONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
MASSLESS PARTICLES
TRANSMISSION