Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: We introduce a simple and flexible method to generate spatially non-Markovian light with tunable coherence properties in one and two dimensions. The unusual behavior of this light is demonstrated experimentally by probing the far field and by recording its diffraction pattern after a double slit: In both cases we observe, instead of a central intensity maximum, a line- or cross-shaped dark region, whose width and profile depend on the non-Markovian coherence properties. Because these properties can be controlled and easily reproduced in experiment, the presented approach lends itself to serving as a test bed to study and gain a deeper understanding of non-Markovian processes.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: Robert Fischer, Itamar Vidal, Doron Gilboa, Ricardo R. B. Correia, Ana C. Ribeiro-Teixeira, Sandra D. Prado, Jandir Hickman, Yaron Silberberg
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G8624170195
OpenAlex ID: W1945865608