Bunching of Photons When Two Beams Pass Through a a Beam Splitter

Simple item page
dc.creatorMcDonald, K. T.
dc.creatorWang, L. J.
dc.date2003-12-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:08:29Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:08:29Z
dc.descriptionDirac has written "Each photon then interferes only with itself. Interference between two different photons never occurs." Indeed, a practical definition is that "classical" optics consists of phenomena due to the interference of photons only with themselves. However, photons obey Bose statistics which implies a ``nonclassical'' tendency for them to ``bunch''. For a simple example of nonclassical optical behavior, we consider two pulses of photons of a single frequency that are simultaneously incident on two sides of a lossless, 50:50 beam splitter.
dc.description8 pages, 2 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0312032
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0312032
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/91648
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleBunching of Photons When Two Beams Pass Through a a Beam Splitter
dc.typetext

Files

Collections

arXiv