2009/10/31 by Hui Chen, Sanjit Karmakar, Chen, Hui +5
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Physics and Astronomy · #Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Random lasers and scattering media
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0911.0052
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We wish to report an experimental observation of anti-correlation from first-order incoherent classical chaotic light. We explain why the classical statistical theory does not apply and provide a quantum interpretation. In quantum theory, either correlation or anti-correlation is a two-photon interference phenomenon, which involves the superposition of two-photon amplitudes, a nonclassical entity corresponding to different yet indistinguishable alternative ways of producing a joint-photodetection event.