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Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 090402 (2006) [4 pages]

Entangled Photon Holes

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J. D. Franson
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA

Received 24 October 2005; published 6 March 2006

Most experimental demonstrations of entanglement require nonclassical states and correlated measurements of single-photon detection events. It is shown here that entanglement can produce a large decrease in the rate of two-photon absorption for a classical input state that can be observed using classical detectors. These effects can be interpreted as being due to the creation of entangled photon holes that are somewhat analogous to the holes of semiconductor theory.

© 2006 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.090402
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.090402
PACS:
03.65.Ud, 03.67.Lx, 42.50.Dv