Antibunching as a manifestation of light detection back action

TL;DR

This paper challenges the traditional explanation of photon antibunching, highlighting a contradiction between the standard probabilistic model and the high visibility observed in experiments.

Contribution

It proposes a new perspective on light detection back action as a key factor in photon antibunching phenomena.

Findings

Standard probabilistic models conflict with experimental data

Back action effects are crucial for understanding antibunching

Highlights need for revised theoretical frameworks

Abstract

We show that the commonly accepted treatment of the photon antibunching effect as a natural consequence of a probability distribution of particles in a particle flow contradicts the high visibility of the experimentally observed intensity correlation function.