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Phase shifts vs time delays: Sagnac and Hong-Ou-Mandel

Optics 2011-04-07 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We point out that the Sagnac effect can be measured by means of the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect. The latter is not sensitive to phase shifts, and thus the Hong-Ou-Mandel Sagnac effect hinges on the fact that the Sagnac effect is, fundamentally, a time delay, not a phase shift.

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@article{arxiv.1104.0970,
  title  = {Phase shifts vs time delays: Sagnac and Hong-Ou-Mandel},
  author = {S. J. van Enk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.0970},
  year   = {2011}
}

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3 pages, 1 figure