Experiment: Anticorrelation parameter for a polarized HeNe laser source

Figure of the experimental setup from the paper by B. J. Pearson and D. P. Jackson, "A hands-on introduction to single photons and quantum mechanics for undergraduates," Am. J. Phys. 78 471 (2010).

Benchmark Data - The results of the first set-up

Data taken at a 40-inch separation between the BBO crystal and A/B dectors.

B/C detector anticorrelation: polarized HeNe laser.

For comparison, Pearson and Jackon's B/C detector anticorrelation results:

A table of the results from summer 2014: