Order-invariant two-photon quantum correlations in PT-symmetric interferometers
arXiv:2302.11884 · doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00439
Abstract
Multiphoton correlations in linear photonic quantum networks are governed by matrix permanents. Yet, surprisingly few systematic properties of these crucial algebraic objects are known, while their calculation is a computationally hard task. As such, predicting the overall multiphoton behavior of a network from its individual building blocks typically defies intuition. In this work we identify sequences of concatenated two-mode linear optical transformations whose two-photon behavior is invariant under reversal of the order. We experimentally verify this systematic behavior in parity-time-symmetric complex interferometer arrangements of varying composition. Our results underline new ways in which quantum correlations may be preserved in counterintuitive ways even in small-scale non-Hermitian networks.
arXiv comment7 pages, 4 figures
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