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Frequency-domain Hong-Ou-Mandel interference with linear optics.

Authors :
Imany P
Odele OD
Alshaykh MS
Lu HH
Leaird DE
Weiner AM
Source :
Optics letters [Opt Lett] 2018 Jun 15; Vol. 43 (12), pp. 2760-2763.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

The Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference is one of the most fundamental quantum-mechanical effects that reveal a nonclassical behavior of single photons. Two identical photons that are incident on the input ports of an unbiased beam splitter always exit the beam splitter together from the same output port, an effect referred to as photon bunching. In this Letter, we utilize a single electro-optic phase modulator as a probabilistic frequency beam splitter, which we exploit to observe HOM interference between two photons that are in different spectral modes, yet are identical in other characteristics. Our approach enables linear optical quantum information processing protocols using the frequency degree of freedom in photons such as quantum computing techniques with linear optics.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1539-4794
Volume :
43
Issue :
12
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Optics letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
29905682
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.43.002760