Second-order Fermionic Interference with Independent Photons
Abstract
The experimental study of the second-order interference with fermions is much less than the one with bosons since it is much more difficult to do experiments with fermions than with photons. Based on the conclusion that the behavior of two identical classical particles has exactly half fermionic and half bosonic characteristics (PRA \textbf{88}, 012130 (2013)), we have studied the second-order interference of fermions via the second-order interference of photons in Hanbury Brown-Twiss and Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometers, respectively. The experimental results are consistent with the theoretical predictions, which serve as an efficient guidance for the future interference experiments with fermions. The employed method offers an interesting and convenient way to study the coherence of fermions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1609.08248,
title = {Second-order Fermionic Interference with Independent Photons},
author = {Jianbin Liu and Hui Chen and Yu Zhou and Huaibin Zheng and Fu-li Li and Zhuo Xu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.08248},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
8 pages, 6 figures. Revised version according to the comments from the referees and re-submitted for publication