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Phys. Rev. A 69, 013806 (2004) [4 pages]

Spectroscopy by frequency-entangled photon pairs

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Atsushi Yabushita and Takayoshi Kobayashi
Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) and Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Received 10 June 2003; published 14 January 2004

Quantum spectroscopy was performed using the frequency-entangled broadband photon pairs generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion. An absorptive sample was placed in front of the idler photon detector, and the frequency of signal photons was resolved by a diffraction grating. The absorption spectrum of the sample was measured by counting the coincidences, and the result is in agreement with the one measured by a conventional spectrophotometer with a classical light source.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.013806
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.69.013806
PACS:
42.50.Dv, 42.62.Fi, 42.65.Lm