Alain Aspect - Hanbury Brown - Twiss, Hong - Ou - Mandel, and other landmarks in quantum  optics
Channel: Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)
Date: 2018-10-06

Alain Aspect - Hanbury Brown - Twiss, Hong - Ou - Mandel, and other landmarks in quantum  optics: from photons to atoms

The second quantum revolution is based on entanglement, discovered by Einstein and Schrödinger in 1935. Its extraordinary character has been experimentally demonstrated by landmark
experiments in quantum optics. At Institut  d'Optique, we are currently  revisiting  these  landmarks  using  atoms  instead  of  photons, and  after  the observation of the atomic HBT1 and HOM 
effects2, we are progressing towards a test of Bell's inequalities with pairs of momentum entangled atoms3.
This talk will be an opportunity to know Everything you always wanted to know about HBT, HOM,etc... (but were afraid to ask).