Classical reconstruction of interference patterns of position-wavevector-entangled photon pairs by time-reversal method
Abstract
The quantum interference of entangled photons forms a key phenomenon underlying various quantum-optical technologies. It is known that the quantum interference patterns of entangled photon pairs can be reconstructed classically by the time-reversal method; however, the time-reversal method has been applied only to time-frequency-entangled two-photon systems in previous experiments. Here, for the first time, we apply the time-reversal method to the position-wavevector-entangled two-photon systems: the two-photon Young interferometer and the two-photon beam focusing system. We experimentally demonstrate that the time-reversed systems classically reconstruct the same interference patterns as the position-wavevector-entangled two-photon systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1711.03224,
title = {Classical reconstruction of interference patterns of position-wavevector-entangled photon pairs by time-reversal method},
author = {Kazuhisa Ogawa and Hirokazu Kobayashi and Akihisa Tomita},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.03224},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
10 pages, 8 figures