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<p>Create Quantum optics scaffold page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Interferometer used to demonstrate single-particle quantum interference}}<br /> <br /> {{ScholarlyWiki page top<br /> |backlink={{Quantum book backlink|Quantum optics and experiments}}<br /> {{Quantum article nav|previous=Physics:Quantum optics beam splitter experiments|previous label=Optics beam splitter experiments|next=Physics:Quantum Hong-Ou-Mandel effect|next label=Hong-Ou-Mandel effect}}<br /> |image=[[File:Quantum_Mach_Zehnder_interferometer_educational_yellow.png|430px|Mach-Zehnder interferometer: beam splitters, mirrors, phase shifts, and output detectors reveal quantum interference.]]<br /> |text=&#039;&#039;&#039;Quantum Mach-Zehnder interferometer&#039;&#039;&#039; is a planned ScholarlyWiki page in the Quantum Collection about single-particle interference in a two-path interferometer.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> Placeholder: explain how a Mach-Zehnder interferometer splits and recombines quantum amplitudes to reveal phase-dependent interference.<br /> <br /> == Key ideas ==<br /> Placeholder: cover beam splitters, mirrors, path amplitudes, phase shifts, detectors, interference.<br /> <br /> == Interferometer layout ==<br /> Placeholder: develop this section with definitions, experimental details, formulas, and links to related Quantum Collection pages.<br /> <br /> == Path amplitudes ==<br /> Placeholder: develop this section with definitions, experimental details, formulas, and links to related Quantum Collection pages.<br /> <br /> == Phase dependence ==<br /> Placeholder: develop this section with definitions, experimental details, formulas, and links to related Quantum Collection pages.<br /> <br /> == Single-photon experiments ==<br /> Placeholder: develop this section with definitions, experimental details, formulas, and links to related Quantum Collection pages.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> {{#invoke:PhysicsQC|tocHeadingAndList|Physics:Quantum basics/See also}}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist|3}}<br /> <br /> {{Author|Harold Foppele}}<br /> <br /> {{Sourceattribution|Physics:Quantum Mach-Zehnder interferometer|1}}</div>

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