Quantum optics experiments with single photons for undergraduate laboratories
Enrique J. Galvez, M. Beck · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2015
We present new results of interference experiments for undergraduates that underscore the quantum nature of the light. The experiments use parametric down-conversion to generate pairs of correlated photons. The experiments involve one- and two-photon interference schemes that rely on first and second-order coherence effects. They can be used as a complement to teaching quantum mechanics or quantum optics.