Two-particle quantum transmission

摘要

Two-photon interference is a fundamental phenomenon in quantum mechanics and stands at thebase of numerous experimental observations. Here another manifestation of this phenomenon isdescribed, taking place at a Y junction. Specifically it is shown how the rsup2/sup + tsup2/sup term which isbehind previous observations of two-photon interference, may give rise to different states at a beam-splitter and different two-particle transmission coefficients at a Y junction. Different from previousdescriptions of quantum transmission based on one-particle physics, the enhanced transmissiondescribed here is due to two-particle physics.© (2012) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.