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Demonstration of three-photon de Broglie wavelength by projection measurement

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Two schemes of projection measurement are realized experimentally to demonstrate the de Broglie wavelength of three photons without the need for a maximally entangled three-photon state (the NOON state). The first scheme is based on the proposal by Wang and Kobayashi (Phys. Rev. A {\bf 71}, 021802) that utilizes a couple of asymmetric beam splitters while the second one applies the general method of NOON state projection measurement to three-photon case. Quantum interference of three photons is responsible for projecting out the unwanted states, leaving only the NOON state contribution in these schemes of projection measurement.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0610266,
  title  = {Demonstration of three-photon de Broglie wavelength by projection measurement},
  author = {B. H. Liu and F. W. Sun and Y. X. Gong and Y. F. Huang and Z. Y. Ou and G. C. Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0610266},
  year   = {2007}
}

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