Measurement of subpicosecond time intervals between two photons by interference

@article{citeulike:1224685, abstract = {A fourth-order interference technique has been used to measure the time intervals between two photons; and by implication the length of the photon wave packet; produced in the process of parametric down-conversion. The width of the time-interval distribution; which is largely determined by an interference filter; is found to be about 100 fs; with an accuracy that could; in principle; be less than 1 fs.}, author = {Hong, C. K. and Ou, Z. Y. and Mandel, L. }, citeulike-article-id = {1224685}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.2044}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {quantum\_information}, month = {November}, number = {18}, pages = {2044+}, posted-at = {2008-03-05 12:51:35}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Measurement of subpicosecond time intervals between two photons by interference}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.2044}, volume = {59}, year = {1987} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1224685 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1224685 TI - Measurement of subpicosecond time intervals between two photons by interference JF - Physical Review Letters VL - 59 IS - 18 SP - 2044 PB - American Physical Society N2 - A fourth-order interference technique has been used to measure the time intervals between two photons; and by implication the length of the photon wave packet; produced in the process of parametric down-conversion. The width of the time-interval distribution; which is largely determined by an interference filter; is found to be about 100 fs; with an accuracy that could; in principle; be less than 1 fs. KW - quantum_information AU - Hong, CK AU - Ou, ZY AU - Mandel, L PY - 1987/11/02/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.2044 ER -