Heralded single-photon partial coherence

P. Ben Dixon; Gregory Howland; Mehul Malik; David J. Starling; R. W. Boyd; John C. Howell

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.82.023801

Heralded single-photon partial coherence

P. Ben Dixon, Gregory Howland, Mehul Malik, David J. Starling, R. W. Boyd, John C. Howell

Penn State Hazleton

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We study transverse spatial coherence of approximately localized single-photon states. We demonstrate nonlocal control over single-photon spatial coherence via projective measurements of an entangled twin and provide a theoretical interpretation from quantum coherence theory. Our results show that the spatial coherence of a single-photon state behaves similarly to that of a classical optical field, although the coincidence measurement adds a degree of freedom.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	023801
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	82
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.023801
State	Published - Aug 2 2010

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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