INTERFERENCE PROPERTIES OF PHOTONS,

Abstract

The Brown-Twiss photon correlation effect is dis cussed in purely quantum-mechanical terms. It is shown that for states incoherent in the sense that the phase of the electric field component at each frequency is unknown, Bose commutation re lations imply the existence of intensity beats at all the difference frequencies. This result does not depend on lack of knowledge of the number of photons at each frequency; the beats are obtained even if the state is known to be an n-photon one. This derivation is compared with the classical theories of Brown and Twiss, and Purcell. A discussion is also given of interference in spa tially localized states. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0426667

Entities

People

  • David W. Ross

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Difference Frequency
  • Electric Fields
  • Frequency
  • Intensity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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