cris.boxmetadata.label.title
Interference with correlated photons: Five quantum mechanics experiments for undergraduates
cris.boxmetadata.label.dateissued
01 browse.startsWith.months.february 2005
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journal article
cris.boxmetadata.label.authors
Holbrow C.H.
Pysher M.J.
Martin J.W.
Courtemanche N.
Heilig L.
Spencer J.
Colgate University
cris.boxmetadata.label.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.
cris.boxmetadata.label.citationstartpage
127
cris.boxmetadata.label.citationendpage
140
cris.boxmetadata.label.volume
73
cris.boxmetadata.label.issue
2
cris.boxmetadata.label.language
English
cris.boxmetadata.label.ocdeknowledgeArea
Educación general (incluye capacitación, pedadogía)
Física y Astronomía
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cris.boxmetadata.label.scopusidentifier
2-s2.0-26944461177
cris.boxmetadata.label.source
American Journal of Physics
cris.boxmetadata.label.containerissn
00029505
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