2019/07/06 by Sung Wook Han, Kim Myung-Whun · 9 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Absorption (acoustics) #Beer–Lambert law #Computer science #Dielectric #Interference (communication) #Interferometry #Interpretation (philosophy) #Laser #Optics #Photon #Physics #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum mechanics #Random lasers and scattering media #Telecommunications #Transmittance #Two-photon absorption #cond-mat.stat-mech #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2019.124447
published in Optics Communications 454, 124447 (Elsevier BV) · 3 figures
arxiv created 2019/07/06 · openalex created_date 2019/07/12 · openalex publication_date 2019/08/26 · arxiv updated 2019/10/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We measured photon absorption in dielectric media and proposed the photon-version Beer-Lambert's law to quantify the absorption. We used a Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer and 810 nm twin-photons. We found that the depth ratio of the null point in the interference patterns of the interferometer agreed with the classical transmittance of the samples. We established a statistical model of the photon absorption process and proposed an information entropy interpretation to understand the meaning of the Beer-Lambert law. Comparisons of the results of the photon absorption experiments with classical experiments demonstrate the validity of our model and interpretation.