Abstract
Quantitative measurements of the dependence of second harmonic signal on the photon statistical properties of the fundamental beam are reported. Using the light from a single-mode laser operating near threshold it is shown that the second harmonic signal directly measures the degree of two-photon bunching in the fundamental beam. In particular, thermal light is shown to be twice as effective in generating second harmonic signal as coherent light for the same intensity.
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