Generation of entangled photon holes using quantum interference
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2006-10-04
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T. B. Pittman and J. D. Franson, Generation of entangled photon holes using quantum interference, Phys. Rev. A 74, 041801(R) (2006), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.74.041801
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In addition to photon pairs entangled in polarization or other variables, quantum mechanics also allows optical beams that are entangled through the absence of the photons themselves. These correlated absences, or “entangled photon holes,” can lead to counterintuitive nonlocal effects analogous to those of the more familiar entangled photon pairs. Here we report an experimental observation of photon holes generated using quantum interference effects to suppress the probability that two photons in a weak laser pulse will separate at an optical beam splitter.