High-visibility nonclassical interference between pure heralded single photons and weak coherent photons
arXiv:1010.5638 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.83.031805
Abstract
We present an experiment of nonclassical interference between a pure heralded single-photon state and a weak coherent state. Our experiment is the first to demonstrate that spectrally pure single photons can have high interference visibility, 89.4 \pm 0.5%, with weak coherent photons. Our scheme lays the groundwork for future experiments requiring quantum interference between photons in nonclassical states and those in coherent states.
4 pages,5 figures
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