• DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/1/4/004
• Corpus ID: 250837011

Experimental Evidence for a Photon Anticorrelation Effect on a Beam Splitter: A New Light on Single-Photon Interferences

@article{Grangier1986ExperimentalEF,
  title={Experimental Evidence for a Photon Anticorrelation Effect on a Beam Splitter: A New Light on Single-Photon Interferences},
  author={P Grangier and G. Roger and A. Aspect},
  journal={EPL (Europhysics Letters)},
  year={1986},
  volume={1},
  pages={173 - 179}
}

• P Grangier, G. Roger, A. Aspect
• Published 1986
• Physics
• EPL (Europhysics Letters)

We report on two experiments using an atomic cascade as a light source, and a triggered detection scheme for the second photon of the cascade. The first experiment shows a strong anticorrelation between the triggered detections on both sides of a beam splitter. This result is in contradiction with any classical wave model of light, but in agreement with a quantum description involving single-photon states. The same source and detection scheme were used in a second experiment, where we have observed interferences with a visibility over 98%.