Double-heralded generation of two-photon-states by spontaneous four-wave-mixing in the presence of noise

Roger A. Smith, Dileep V. Reddy, Dashiell L. P. Vitullo +1

We present an experimental method for creating and verifying photon-number states created by non-degenerate, third-order nonlinear-optical photon-pair sources. By using spatially m…