Angular-spectrum-dependent interference

Chen Yang; Zhi-Yuan Zhou; Yan Li; Shi-Kai Liu; Zheng Ge; Guang-Can Guo; Bao-Sen Shi

doi:10.1038/s41377-021-00661-z

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Angular-spectrum-dependent interference

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- Angular-spectrum-dependent interference
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 10, Issue 11, Pages: 2226-2232(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
  2.Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Author bio：
  
  Zhi-Yuan Zhou (zyzhouphy@ustc.edu.cn)
  Bao-Sen Shi (drshi@ustc.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-021-00661-z
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- Published：30 November 2021，
  
  Published Online：26 October 2021，
  
  Received：29 March 2021，
  
  Revised：30 September 2021，
  
  Accepted：11 October 2021
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Yang, C. et al. Angular-spectrum-dependent interference. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 2226-2232 (2021).
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Yang, C. et al. Angular-spectrum-dependent interference. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 2226-2232 (2021). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-021-00661-z.

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Abstract

Optical interference is not only a fundamental phenomenon that has enabled new theories of light to be derived but it has also been used in interferometry for the measurement of small displacements

refractive index changes

and surface irregularities. In a two-beam interferometer

variations in the interference fringes are used as a diagnostic for anything that causes the optical path difference (OPD) to change; therefore

for a specified OPD

greater variation in the fringes indicates better measurement sensitivity. Here

we introduce and experimentally validate an interesting optical interference phenomenon that uses photons with a structured frequency-angular spectrum

which are generated from a spontaneous parametric down-conversion process in a nonlinear crystal. This interference phenomenon is manifested as interference fringes that vary much more rapidly with increasing OPD than the corresponding fringes for equal-inclination interference; the phenomenon is parameterised using an equivalent wavelength

which under our experimental conditions is 29.38 nm or about 1/27 of the real wavelength. This phenomenon not only enriches the knowledge with regard to optical interference but also offers promise for applications in interferometry.

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