Introducing quantum mechanics with a two-mode Mach–Zehnder interferometer
Gauthier Rey, Renaud Mathevet, Sébastien Massenot, Bénoît Chalopin · American Journal of Physics · 2024
As an early teaching tool in QM, we propose to use a single-photon Mach–Zehnder interferometer. We demonstrate experimentally several properties associated with the concept of single photons in quantum optics and use them to introduce the quantum formalism and postulates in a more intuitive way.