Direct observation of phase sensitive Hong-Ou-Mandel interference
arXiv:1702.07590 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.96.033830
Abstract
Quality of individual photons and their ability to interfere is traditionally tested by measuring the Hong-Ou-Mandel photon bunching effect. However, this phase insensitive measurement only tests the particle aspect of the quantum interference. Motivated by these limitations, we formulate a witness capable of recognizing both the quality and the coherence of two photons from a single set of measurements. We exploit the conditional nonclassical squeezing which is sensitive to both the quality of the single photons and their indistinguishability and we show that it can be used to irectly reveal both the particle and the wave aspects of the quantum interference. Finally, we experimentally test the witness by applying it to a pair of independent single photons generated on demand.
arXiv comment6 pages, 4 figures
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