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How to align a Mach-Zehnder at 810 nm?
I have a task to arrange MZI using very weak source with photons coming one at a time. On top the wavelength is 810 nm. How to 'see' the interference pattern to 100% in one channel and 0% in other. I ...
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How does partially constructive and partial destructive interference work in interferometers?
From what I have gathered, complete constructive or destructive interference results in all light or no light traveling a given path of an interferometer (correct me if this is incorrect). However, ...
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What observable(s) does a mirror operate on?
I'm reading this introduction to the Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and I'm confused about what the mirrors are doing.
Suppose we're describing the path (upper / lower) and polarization (vertical / ...
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How do quantized photons interact in an interferometer?
Since light is quantized into photons, how can a single rare photon entering one side of a large, [say, 100 meter wide], interferometer from a very dim star, a phton which is only in the ...
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How to interpret single photon interference when the two possible paths are different in length?
Here is my question.
I struggle with the definition of single photon interference. Let’s assume we have a Michelson interferometer and the interference pattern we observe is a single photon result, ...
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Polarizing beam splitters for X-rays?
What is the lower bound for the wavelength concerning polarizing beam splitters?
Especially I ask for interferometer experiments with single photons. Of course I know that they exist for all ...
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