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Paper Abstract
We present an experimental realization of a "sudden mirror replacement" thought experiment, in which a mirror that is inhibiting spontaneous emission is quickly replaced by a photodetector. The question is, can photons be counted immediately, or only after a retardation time that allows the emitter to couple to the changed modes of the cavity, and for light to propagate to the detector? Our results, obtained with a parametric downconverter, are consistent with the cavity QED prediction that photons can be counted immediately, and are in conflict with the retardation time prediction.
Paper Details
Date Published: 31 August 2007
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6664, The Nature of Light: What Are Photons?, 66640E (31 August 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.734807
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6664:
The Nature of Light: What Are Photons?
Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri; Al F. Kracklauer; Katherine Creath, Editor(s)
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6664, The Nature of Light: What Are Photons?, 66640E (31 August 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.734807
Show Author Affiliations
David Branning, Trinity College (United States)
Alan L. Migdall, National Institute of Standards and Technology (United States)
Alan L. Migdall, National Institute of Standards and Technology (United States)
Paul G. Kwiat, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6664:
The Nature of Light: What Are Photons?
Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri; Al F. Kracklauer; Katherine Creath, Editor(s)
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