Published June 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

'Nonlocal' dispersion cancelation with classical light

  • 1. GROC-UJI, Departament de Fisica, Universitat Jaume I, ES-12071 Castello (Spain)
  • 2. Departamento de Optica, Universidad de Valencia, ES-46100 Burjasot (Spain)
  • 3. Department of Microelectronics and Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Electrum 229, SE-164 40 Kista (Sweden)

Description

We show a classical analog of the original nonlocal dispersion cancelation effect in intensity interferometry with stationary light obeying Gaussian statistics. The dispersion compensation is due to the uncorrelation of the spectral components of the radiation. Although this classical counterpart phenomenon is not nonlocal in a strict quantum mechanical sense, it suggests that some second-order interference devices relying on temporal entanglement do not require a quantum light source.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/11/6/063041

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
New Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
1367-2630

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41041476
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DISPERSIONS; INTERFERENCE; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT SOURCES; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STATISTICS; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS