Speckle statistics of entangled photons

Abstract

We consider the propagation of several entangled photons through an elastically scattering medium and study statistical properties of their speckle patterns. We find the spatial correlations of multiphoton speckles and their sensitivity to changes of system parameters. Our analysis covers both the directed-wave regime, where rays propagate almost ballistically while experiencing small-angle diffusion, and the real-space diffusive regime. We demonstrate that long-range correlations of the speckle patterns dominate experimental signatures for large-aperture photon detectors. We also show that speckle sensitivity depends strongly on the number of photons $N$ in the incoming beam, increasing as $\sqrt{N}$ in the directed-wave regime and as $N$ in the diffusive regime.

12 pages, 10 figures

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