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Measurement of the photonic de Broglie wavelength of biphotons generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v3

Abstract

Using a basic Mach-Zehnder interferometer, we demonstrate experimentally the measurement of the photonic de Broglie wavelength of an entangled photon pair (a biphoton) generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion. The observed interference manifests the concept of the photonic de Broglie wavelength. The result also provides a proof-of-principle of the quantum lithography that utilizes the reduced interferometric wavelength.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0109005,
  title  = {Measurement of the photonic de Broglie wavelength of biphotons generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion},
  author = {Keiichi Edamatsu and Ryosuke Shimizu and Tadashi Itoh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0109005},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures