Time-domain Hong-Ou-Mandel interference of quasi-thermal fields and its application in linear optical circuit characterization

Abstract

We study temporal correlations of interfering quasi-thermal fields, obtained by scattering laser radiation on a rotating ground glass disk. We show that the Doppler effect causes oscillations in temporal cross-correlation function. Furthermore, we propose how to use Hong-Ou-Mandel interference of quasi-thermal fields in the time domain to characterize linear optical circuits.

8 pages, 5 figures (main), 4 pages, 1 figure (supplemental)

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