PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE SPIE—The International First International Workshop Society for Optical Engineering on Classical and Quantum Interference Jan Perina Miroslav Hrabovsky Jaromi'r Krepelka Editors 25-26 October 2001 Olomouc, Czech Republic Organized by Optics (Czech Republic) Palacky University (Czech Republic) Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering/Czech and Slovak Chapter Research Center for Published by SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering Volume 4888 SPIE is an international technical society dedicated to advancing engineering and scientific applications of optical, photonic, imaging, electronic, and optoelectronic technologies. UB/TIB Hannover Contents v vii ix PART 1 1 Conference Committees Preface Photo BASIC Gallery QUANTUM (PARTICLE) CHARACTERISTICS Photon number conservation and photon interference [4888-01] M. Koniorczyk, J. Janszky, Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics (Hungary) and Univ. of Pecs (Hungary) 9 16 Continuous-variable quantum teleportation of squeezed coherent states [4888-02] J. Fiurasek, Palacky Univ. (Czech Republic) Optimum teleportation with imperfect Bell-state J. Rehacek, Z. Hradil, J. FiuraSek, Palacky Univ. measurements (Czech [4888-03] Republic); C. Brukner, Univ. of Vienna (Austria) 21 Neutron as a quantum object [4888-04] H. Rauch, Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Univ. (Austria) 41 Geometric phase in neutron interferometer experiments [4888-05] Y. Hasegawa, Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Univ. (Austria) 52 Quantum Zeno phenomena [4888-06] (Italy) and Istituto S. Pascazio, Univ. di Bari PART 2 Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy) MEASUREMENT PROCESSES AND OBSERVATIONS 63 Interference of mesoscopic systems and decoherence: the example of fullerenes [4888-07] P. Facchi, Univ. di Bari (Italy) and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy) 75 Visibility, decoherence, A. and fluctuations in interference experiments [4888-08] Mariano, Univ. di Bari (Italy) and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy) 84 Generalized measurement of process and states [4888-09] M. Jezek, Palacky Univ. (Czech Republic) 93 Simulation analysis of an optical processor for determination of relative translation of two speckle patterns [4888-10] P. Smfd, Palacky Univ. (Czech Republic) and Institute 99 of Physics (Czech Republic) Statistical properties of a speckle pattern [4888-11] Horv^th, M. Hrabovsk^, Z. Ba6a, Palacky* Univ. (Czech Republic) (Czech Republic) P. and Institute of Physics PART 3 109 APPLICATIONS: INFORMATION THEORY, LASER DRILLING, AND AMPLIFICATION Quantum safe with classical key: physics of open systems from the point of view of information M. theory [4888-12] Ziman, P. Stelmachovic, Research Ctr. for Quantum Information (Slovakia); V. Buzek, (Slovakia); M. Hillery, Research Ctr. for Quantum Information (Slovakia) and Masaryk Univ. CUNY/Hunter College (USA); V. Scarani, N. Gisin, Univ. de Geneve (Switzerland) 121 Doubly parametrically amplifying "coupler" in spontaneous regime [4888-13] V. PeFinova, A. LukS, Palacky Univ. (Czech Republic); J. Kfepelka, Palacky Univ. (Czech Republic) and Institute of Physics (Czech Republic) 130 Temperature-dependent spectral ellipsometry: a powerful technique for thin film investigations [4888-14] A. G. 136 De'meka, P. Pokorny, L. Jastrabik, Institute of Physics (Czech Republic); G. Suchaneck, Gerlach, Dresden Univ. of Technology (Germany) Fringe shifting optical digital fringe multiplication in moire topography [4888-15] Hrabovsky, J. Keprt, Palacky Univ. (Czech Institute of Physics (Czech Republic); L. Bartonek, Palacky Univ. (Czech and T. Rossler, Palacky Univ. (Czech Republic); M. Republic) and Republic) 146 Modeling of laser M. PolSk, H. cutting and drilling [4888-16] Chmeifckova, M. Stranyanek, L. Vasicek, Palacky Institute of Physics (Czech Republic) 152 Author Index Univ. (Czech Republic) and