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17 July 2014 Single-photon interference experiment for high schools
Maria Bondani
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Proceedings Volume 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference; 92890H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070772
Event: 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 2013, Porto, Portugal
Abstract
We follow the reductio ad absurdum reasoning described in the book “Sneaking a Look at God’s Cards” by Giancarlo Ghirardi to demonstrate the wave-particle duality of light in a Mach-Zehnder interferometric setup analog to the conventional Young double-slit experiment. We aim at showing the double nature of light by measuring the existence of interference fringes down to the single-photon level. The setup includes a strongly attenuated laser, polarizing beam splitters, half-waveplates, polarizers and single-photon detectors.
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Maria Bondani "Single-photon interference experiment for high schools", Proc. SPIE 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 92890H (17 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070772
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Polarizers
Interferometers
Sensors
Single photon
Beam splitters
Photon polarization
Single photon detectors
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