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Induced coherence with and without induced emission

H. M. Wiseman, K. Molmer

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0001118

Abstract

We analyze signal coherence in the setup of Wang, Zou and Mandel, where two optical downconverters have indistinct idler modes. Quantum interference, caused by indistinguishability of paths, has a visibility proportional to the transmission amplitude between idlers. Classical interference, caused by induced emission, may be complete for any finite transmission.

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