Title
Interference with correlated photons: Five quantum mechanics experiments for undergraduates
Date Issued
01 February 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Holbrow C.H.
Pysher M.J.
Martin J.W.
Courtemanche N.
Heilig L.
Spencer J.
Colgate University
Abstract
We describe five quantum mechanics experiments that have been designed for an undergraduate setting. The experiments use correlated photons produced by parametric down conversion to generate interference patterns in interferometers. The photons are counted individually. The experimental results illustrate the consequences of multiple paths, indistinguishability, and entanglement. We analyze the results quantitatively using plane-wave probability amplitudes combined according to Feynman's rules, the state-vector formalism, and amplitude packets. The apparatus fits on a 2′ × 4′ optical breadboard. © 2005 American Association of Physics Teachers.
Start page
127
End page
140
Volume
73
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física y Astronomía
Educación general (incluye capacitación, pedadogía)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-26944461177
Source
American Journal of Physics
ISSN of the container
00029505
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