Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect

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The Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect is a quantum optical phenomenon in which correlations in the arrival times of identical particles, such as photons, reveal their underlying statistical and coherence properties.

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instanceOf intensity interferometry effect ⓘ
photon correlation effect ⓘ
quantum optical phenomenon ⓘ
appliesTo atoms in cold atom experiments ⓘ
electrons ⓘ
identical bosons ⓘ
neutrons ⓘ
photons ⓘ
characteristicFeature g2(0) < 1 for nonclassical light ⓘ
g2(0) = 1 for coherent light ⓘ
g2(0) = 2 for chaotic light ⓘ
photon bunching for thermal light ⓘ
contrastsWith amplitude interferometry ⓘ
first-order interference ⓘ
demonstratedWith radio waves ⓘ
visible light ⓘ
describes correlations in arrival times of identical particles ⓘ
intensity correlations ⓘ
photon bunching ⓘ
second-order coherence ⓘ
field astrophysics ⓘ
quantum optics ⓘ
statistical optics ⓘ
historicalContext first demonstrated in the 1950s ⓘ
initially controversial in quantum theory ⓘ
influenced development of quantum coherence theory ⓘ
modern quantum optics experiments ⓘ
measurementMethod coincidence counting of detection events ⓘ
correlation of intensity fluctuations at two detectors ⓘ
namedAfter Richard Q. Twiss ⓘ
Robert Hanbury Brown ⓘ
relatedTo Bose–Einstein statistics ⓘ
classical wave interference ⓘ
coherence theory ⓘ
photon statistics ⓘ
quantum interference ⓘ
revealsPropertyOf source brightness distribution ⓘ
source size ⓘ
spatial coherence of light ⓘ
temporal coherence of light ⓘ
supports wave–particle duality of light ⓘ
usedIn measurement of stellar angular diameters ⓘ
photon antibunching measurements ⓘ
quantum information science ⓘ
quantum optics experiments ⓘ
single-photon source characterization ⓘ
stellar intensity interferometry ⓘ
tests of nonclassical light ⓘ
usesConcept second-order correlation function g2(t) ⓘ

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