رسالة جامعية
Two-photon interference : spatial aspects of two-photon entanglement, diffraction, and scattering
| العنوان: | Two-photon interference : spatial aspects of two-photon entanglement, diffraction, and scattering |
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| المؤلفون: | Peeters, W.H. |
| المساهمون: | Woerdman, J.P., Exter, M.P. van, Beenakker, C.W.J. (Committee member), Dood, M.J.A. de (Committee member), Lagendijk, A. (Committee member), Nienhuis, G. (Committee member), Ruitenbeek, J.M. van (Committee member), Torres, J.P. (Committee member), Zwiller, V. (Committee member), Leiden University |
| المصدر: | Casimir PhD Series |
| سنة النشر: | 2010 |
| المجموعة: | Leiden Repository (Leiden University) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Double slit, Entanglement, Orbital angular momentum entanglement, Quantum optics, Scattering, Speckle, Spontaneous parametric down-conversion, Two-photon interference, Wave propagation in random media |
| الوصف: | This dissertation contains scientific research within the realm of quantum optics, which is a branch of physics. An experimental and theoretical study is made of two-photon interference phenomena in various optical systems. Spatially entangled photon pairs are produced via the nonlinear optical process of spontaneous parametric down-conversion. These entangled photons are then passed through different optical systems to study various aspects of two-photon interference. Firstly, an experimental analysis is made of the high-dimensional entanglement that is present in the orbital angular momentum of the photons. Secondly, we present a comprehensive description of two-photon quantum interference behind a double slit. We demonstrate how to control the quantum correlations and present the first observations of complete two-photon diffraction patterns behind a double slit. Finally, we present pioneering experiments on spatially entangled two-photon states that are scattered of random media. We have observed and theoretically analyzed the structure in the random two-photon interference patterns called two-photon speckle patterns. Spatial entanglement gives two-photon speckle a much richer structure than ordinary one-photon speckle. Our experiments also demonstrate a two-photon interference phenomenon that survives averaging over different realizations of disorder. The latter results are closely related to bosonic, fermionic, and anyonic particle exchange symmetries. ; LEI Universiteit Leiden ; Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) ; Quantum Matter and Optics |
| نوع الوثيقة: | doctoral or postdoctoral thesis |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-90-8593-089-1 90-8593-089-8 |
| العلاقة: | lucris-id: 27645915; https://hdl.handle.net/1887/16264Test |
| الإتاحة: | https://hdl.handle.net/1887/16264Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.6402EF89 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| ردمك: | 9789085930891 9085930898 |
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