Quantum and Semiclassical Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part B

Two-photon interference without intrinsic indistinguishability

Luiz Carlos Ryff

Published Apr 1, 1998• 1 citation

Abstract

An experiment is discussed which allows us to show that two-photon interference can be observed even when there is no intrinsic indistinguishability between different possibilities. This result follows from a conflict between the wave-like and the nonlocal properties of entangled photons.

DOI: 10.1088/1355-5111/10/2/012

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