Interference of spontaneously emitted photons
Quantum Physics
2015-06-26 v1
Abstract
We discuss an experimental setup where two laser-driven atoms spontaneously emit photons and every photon causes a ``click'' at a point on a screen. By deriving the probability density for an emission into a certain direction from basic quantum mechanical principles we predict a spatial interference pattern. Similarities and differences with the classical double-slit experiment are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0112078,
title = {Interference of spontaneously emitted photons},
author = {Almut Beige and Christian Schoen and Jiannis Pachos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0112078},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
6 pages, 2 figures, contribution to the symposium "100 Years of Werner Heisenberg - Works and Impact" in Bamberg, to appear in Fortschritte der Physik