single photon interference...single photon interference by benjamin berson, korin carpenter, xiaomin...
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Single Photon Interference
By Benjamin Berson, Korin Carpenter, Xiaomin Meng, and Cleopatra Saira.
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What is the purpose of the experiments
Investigate the wave-particle duality
Quantum weirdness of the which-path information
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Particle vs. Wave
Is light a particle, a wave, or both?
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Single Photon
What will happen when we attenuate(reduce) the source down to a single photon level?
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Attenuation to single photon level
We know the power and wavelength of our laser. With these two information we can calculate the level of attenuation to arrive at single photon’s energy level
Plaser =Elaser
t(t = 1sec)
E1photon =hcλ
Elaser
E1photon
= N(number of phontons per sec)
Ngc = N(number of phontons per meter)
if desired level is 1 per 100m and we have1 per 1m, thenNgc100
= level of attenuation
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Statistics
Our experiment attenuates the energy level of the laser to a statistically single photon level, so sometimes it can have 2 or even three photon together at a time. There is no antibunching (completely “single photon”) in our experiment.
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Young’s Double Slit Experiment
http://www.blacklightpower.com/theory-2/theory/double-slit/
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• 633nm wavelength • HeNe Gas laser
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Proves wave-particle duality.
Monochromatic light is shone through two slits of equal width 10μm, separated by 90μm.
If light is a particle, the photons would form a pattern of two bars on the screen.
If light is a wave, diffraction will occur and the light waves will interfere with each other and an interference pattern is seen on the screen
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If light is a particle: If light is a wave:
http://www.studyphysics.ca/newnotes/20/unit04_light/chp1719_light/lesson58.htm
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Perhaps the photons are interfering with each other.
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Data: Our interface with the quantum world
How to quantitatively explain a bunch of pictures?
National Institute of Health-funded ImageJ!
Free(!) Java-based image processing software
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Visibility of patterns: Line-scan Profiles
This chart graphs each pixel’s color value (1-256 for B&W) across a line across the artifact of interest. Then, based on the gray values (or intensity values) found in this chart, we may calculate Visibility.
Maximum Intensity-Minimum Intensity
Maximum Intensity+Minimum Intensity
= Visibility
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Short exposure images show the particle aspect of light
Long exposure images or accumulations show the appearance of the interference pattern.
Irregularity of the interference pattern in the middle is a result of reflection within the double slit
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So each photon goes through both slits at the same time and interferes with itself.
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Probability clouds (4 orders attenuation)
.1 second exposure time: .259 Visibility
Accumulation of 10 .1 second exposure times: Visibility Increased to .371!
With accumulation, however, larger amount of noise.
One 1 second exposure: Visibility of 0.718!
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0.00001 .001 .01 .07 .1 .22
Exposure time (s)
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Equations
Where “a” is the width of the slits, u(x) is the intensity on the first plane, and U(k) is the intensity of the interference pattern.
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Mach-Zehnder interferometer
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Mach-Zehnder interferometer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mach-zender-interferometer.png
Spatial filter
Different paths Interference pattern
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How it works
Light first passes through spatial filter
http://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=997
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Single photon level Do single photons behave like waves or particle when going through the interferometer? (constant polarization)
How can a single photon go both ways and come back to each other? (variable polarization – which path information/observer effect)
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Do single photons behave like waves or particle when going through the interferometer?
0.01s exposure. You can see the individual dots (photons) only under great magnifications. A general trend of where the photons are landing is not yet visible
Still the same exposure but accumulation of pictures
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How can a single photon go both ways and come back to interfere with itself?
(which-path information)
Acts as a polarizer
One polarization
Another polarization that’s perpendicular to the other one
Adjustable polarization
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Polarization and the which path information
When the final polarizer is at an angle between the two laser rays’ polarization angle, the rays that come out from the polarizer are equal in polarization (but not necessary in magnitude)
In this case we can’t observe the exact which-path information because both polarizations are allowed and we don’t know which exact beam passes through and gets polarized at a specific time. Hence light behaves as waves nd int rf r n i b r d
Plane of the final polarization
Original polarization of beam 1
Original polarization of beam 2
Magnitude (in this case the same) and polarization of the resulting beams
45 degree polarization (in between the two planes of polarizations of the two beams of lasers) 1sec exposure
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Polarization and the which-path information
In this case we know exactly that only one polarization comes out (the other polarization isn’t allowed thus has 0 probability of passing through). Knowing the path information, light behaves like particles and there will be no more interference pattern.
Plane of polarization of the final polarizer is same as one of the polarizations of the beam
Polarization of beam 1
Polarization of beam 2
90 degree polarization (same as the polarizations of one of the laser beams’ polarization) 1sec exposure
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186 231 276 321
51 96 141
Changing polarizer angles from 0 to 360 degrees with constant exposure time of 1 second
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Video of Changing Polarization
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Visibility vs degree of polarization 6 orders of attenuation 3 orders of attenuation
CAMERA
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Increasing exposure times and their corresponding visibilities
0.1s 0.9s 1.9s 2.9s
3.9s 4.9s 5.9s
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Increasing exposure and corresponding brightness
6 degrees of attenuation
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Polarization and the which-path information
Particle-wave duality
Which-path information
without knowing the exact which-path information, light behaves as a wave
Knowing the which-path information destroys light’s wave property.
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Aligning the interferometer
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After multiple attempts…FRINGES!
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Thanks to:
Thanks to Kang Liu, our awesome TA
Professor W. H. Knox
Dr. Svetlana Lukishova
Shanni Prutchi, Coauthor of Exploring Quantum Physics Through Hands-On Projects
HyperPhysics
Erwin Schrödinger