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American Journal of Physics -- February 2005 -- Volume 73, Issue 2, pp. 127
Interference with correlated photons: Five quantum mechanics experiments for undergraduates
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Add to FacebookWe 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.
© 2005 American Association of Physics Teachers
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Received Mar 2004
Accepted Jul 2004
Online Jan 2005
Accepted Jul 2004
Online Jan 2005
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