On the dynamics of two photons interacting with a two-qubit coherent feedback network}

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the dynamics of a quantum coherent feedback network composed of two two-level systems (qubits) driven by two counter-propagating photons, one in each input channel. The coherent feedback network enhances the nonlinear photon-photon interaction inside the feedback loop. By means of quantum stochastic calculus and the input-output framework, the analytic form of the steady-state output two-photon state is derived. Based on the analytic form, the applications on the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interferometer and marginally stable single-photon devices using this coherent feedback structure have been demonstrated. The difference between continuous-mode and single-mode few-photon states is demonstrated.

15 pages, 4 figures; accepted by Automatica; comments are welcome!

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