Observation of a generalized bunching effect of six photons
Optics Letters, Vol. 34, Issue 9, pp. 1297-1299 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.001297
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Abstract
When photons are indistinguishably in the same temporal mode, their detection probability is greatly enhanced due to constructive multiphoton interference, as compared to the case when they are distinguishable. We observed for what is believed to be the first time such a photon bunching effect for six photons. The observed enhancement factor in six-photon coincidence measurement is
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OCIS Codes
(190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes
(260.3160) Physical optics : Interference
(270.0270) Quantum optics : Quantum optics
(270.4180) Quantum optics : Multiphoton processes
ToC Category:
Quantum Optics
History
Original Manuscript: December 1, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: March 15, 2009
Published: April 16, 2009
Citation
Xiao-Ling Niu, Yan-Xiao Gong, Bi-Heng Liu, Yun-Feng Huang, Guang-Can Guo, and Z. Y. Ou, "Observation of a generalized bunching effect of six photons," Opt. Lett. 34, 1297-1299 (2009)
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