Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment using a pair of light quanta produced by nonlinear optical parametric downconversion

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1987-04-26

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Alley, C. O., and Y. H. Shih. “Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Experiment Using a Pair of Light Quanta Produced by Nonlinear Optical Parametric Downconversion.” International Quantum Electronics Conference (1987), Paper TUOO3, Optica Publishing Group, April 26, 1987, TUOO3. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=IQEC-1987-TUOO3.

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Nonlinear optical crystals
Phase matching
Parametric down conversion
Polarization
Nd:YAG lasers
Circular polarization

Abstract

The first experiment to realize Bohm’s gedanken experiment, inspired by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen in their famous paper published in 1935,¹ was a measurement of the polarization correlation between a pair of high-energy photons produced by the spin zero positronium annihilation.²