Entanglement and statistics in Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry
arXiv:quant-ph/0605223 · doi:10.1134/S1054660X06100033
Abstract
Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry allows one to detect the presence of entanglement in two-photon input states. The same result holds for two-particles input states which obey to Fermionic statistics. In the latter case however anti-bouncing introduces qualitative differences in the interferometer response. This effect is analyzed in a Gedankenexperiment where the particles entering the interferometer are assumed to belong to a one-parameter family of quons which continuously interpolate between the Bosonic and Fermionic statistics.
7 pages, 3 figures; minor editorial changes and new references added