Interferometric optical path measurement of a glass wedge with single photons and biphotons

We have measured the phase structure of a glass wedge with single photons and biphotons in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer using parametric downconverted light from a Hong-Ou-Mandel particle interferometer as the source. By scanning the wedge through the focus of a microscope objective we find a doubl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics letters 2007-08, Vol.32 (15), p.2257-2259
Hauptverfasser: SCHMID, K, BECKER, H, DULTZ, W, MARTIENSSEN, W, KEMPE, M, SCHMITZER, H
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Zusammenfassung:We have measured the phase structure of a glass wedge with single photons and biphotons in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer using parametric downconverted light from a Hong-Ou-Mandel particle interferometer as the source. By scanning the wedge through the focus of a microscope objective we find a doubling of the period of the interference pattern in the coincidence counts for biphotons compared to the single-photon experiment. We compare our measurement setup with classical ones and discuss some of the problems of superresolution in quantum lithography.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.32.002257