EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF AN ACHROMATIC HALF-WAVE PLATE ON THE POLARIZATION STATE VECTOR OF CORRELATED TWO-PHOTON RADIATION FROM METASTABLE ATOMIC DEUTERIUM
Z. A. Sheikh, Alan J. Duncan, Hany Hamdy +1 more
We report the results of an experiment which, for the first time, demonstrates the action of an achromatic half-wave plate on the polarization state of the two-photon radiation emitted by atomic deuterium in the metastable 2S1/2 state. The results agree with the quantum mechanical predictions and confirm the hypothesis of Breit and Teller that the fine and hyperfine interaction plays no role in the emission process.
Modern Physics Letters B•Jan 20, 1995•0 citations