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Physical Review A

Two-photon polarization correlations in chaotic light

Daniel Y. Al-Salameh, D. B. Scarl

Published Dec 1, 1982• 2 citations
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Abstract

We have measured the correlation between polarization components of pairs of photons emitted by a chaotic light source into a single cell of phase space. The measurements agree well with the predictions of a two-photon polarization algebra derived from quantum-field theory.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.26.3423

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