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‘Nonlocal’ dispersion cancelation with classical light

Ari T. FribergAri T. FribergAri T. FribergHanna LajunenVíctor Torres-companyVíctor Torres-company

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Physicsmedicine.diagnostic_testGaussianGeneral Physics and AstronomyQuantum entanglementRadiationInterference (wave propagation)symbols.namesakeInterferometryClassical mechanicsOptical coherence tomographyQuantum mechanicsDispersion (optics)medicinesymbolsQuantum

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We show a classical analog of the original nonlocal dispersion cancelation effect in intensity interferometry with stationary light obeying Gaussian statistics. The dispersion compensation is due to the uncorrelation of the spectral components of the radiation. Although this classical counterpart phenomenon is not nonlocal in a strict quantum mechanical sense, it suggests that some second-order interference devices relying on temporal entanglement do not require a quantum light source.

https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/11/6/063041