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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Observation of Genuine Three-Photon Interference

Sascha Agne, Thomas Kauten, Jeongwan Jin, Evan Meyer-Scott, Jeff Z. Salvail, Deny R. Hamel, Kevin J. Resch, Gregor Weihs, Thomas D. Jennewein

Published Jan 1, 2017• 3 citations
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Abstract

Three photons can display qualitatively new interference phenomena such as genuine three-photon interference. Here we show how to isolate three-photon interference with more than 90 % visibility, completely suppressing two-photon and single-photon interference.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2017.jth5b.1

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