Broglie, L. de, & Silva, J. A. e. (1968). Interpretation of a recent experiment on interference of photon beams. Phys. Rev., 172(5), 1284–1285.
Abstract: The interpretation of an important recent experiment by Pfleegor and Mandel according to the causal formulation of the wave-particle dualism is developed. This interpretation is simpler and seems more satisfactory than that provided by the current ideas on the nature of light.
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Pfleegor, R. L., & Mandel, L. (1967). Interference of independent photon beams. Phys. Rev., 159(5), 1084–1088.
Abstract: Interference effects produced by the superposition of the light beams from two independent single-mode lasers have been investigated experimentally. It is found that interference takes place even under conditions in which the light intensities are so low that, with high probability, one photon is absorbed before the next one is emitted by one or the other source. Since the average number of registered photons per trial was only about 10, photon correlation techniques were required to demonstrate the interference. The interpretation of the experiment, and the question whether it demonstrates interference between two photons, are discussed.
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Steudle, G. A., Schietinger, S., Höckel, D., Dorenbos, S. N., Zadeh, I. E., Zwiller, V., et al. (2012). Measuring the quantum nature of light with a single source and a single detector. Phys. Rev. A, 86(5), 053814.
Abstract: An elementary experiment in optics consists of a light source and a detector. Yet, if the source generates nonclassical correlations such an experiment is capable of unambiguously demonstrating the quantum nature of light. We realized such an experiment with a defect center in diamond and a superconducting detector. Previous experiments relied on more complex setups, such as the Hanbury Brown and Twiss configuration, where a beam splitter directs light to two photodetectors, creating the false impression that the beam splitter is a fundamentally required element. As an additional benefit, our results provide a simplification of the widely used photon-correlation techniques.
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