Two-photon interference with thermal light

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dc.contributor.authorScarcelli, Giuliano
dc.contributor.authorValencia, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorShih, Yanhua
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-28T16:10:36Z
dc.date.issued2004-11-05
dc.description.abstractThe study of entangled states has greatly improved the basic understanding about two-photon interferometry. Two-photon interference is not the interference of two photons but the result of superposition among indistinguishable two-photon amplitudes. The concept of two-photon amplitude, however, has generally been restricted to the case of entangled photons. In this letter we report an experimental study that may extend this concept to the general case of independent photons. The experiment also shows interesting practical applications regarding the possibility of obtaining high-resolution interference patterns with thermal sources.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported in part by NSF, ONR and NASA-CASPR program.
dc.description.urihttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/epl/i2004-10280-8/meta
dc.format.extent5 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.genrepreprints
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m29hxi-z01q
dc.identifier.citationScarcelli, G., A. Valencia, and Y. Shih. “Two-Photon Interference with Thermal Light.” Europhysics Letters 68, no. 5 (2004): 618. https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10280-8.
dc.identifier.urihttp://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10280-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/40004
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIOP
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dc.subjectUMBC Quantum Optics Laboratory
dc.titleTwo-photon interference with thermal light
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1736-077X
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7476-6119

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