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The photon: Experimental emphasis on its wave-particle duality

Authors :
Shih, Yan-Hua
Sergienko, A. V
Rubin, Morton H
Kiess, Thomas E
Alley, Carroll O
Source :
NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, Third International Workshop on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations.
Publication Year :
1994
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1994.

Abstract

Two types of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiments were demonstrated recently in our laboratory. It is interesting to see that in an interference experiment (wave-like experiment) the photon exhibits its particle property, and in a beam-splitting experiment (particle-like experiment) the photon exhibits its wave property. The two-photon states are produced from Type 1 and Type 2 optical spontaneous parametric down conversion, respectively.

Subjects

Subjects :
Atomic And Molecular Physics

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Journal :
NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, Third International Workshop on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations
Notes :
N00014-91-J-1430
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19950007550
Document Type :
Report