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NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
卷 25, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ace791
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Hong-Ou-Mandel interference; two-mode squeezed vacuum; twin beams; multiphoton processes; parametric down-conversion
The authors investigate the temporal characteristics of heralded states from narrowband parametric down-conversion sources and consider the effects of multiphoton contributions, unbalanced beam splitter ratio, and optical losses. The study provides a useful tool for optimizing the choice of parameters for parametric down-conversion sources and offers insights for driving quantum optical applications.
The Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference is one of the most intriguing quantum optical phenomena and crucial in performing quantum optical communication and computation tasks. Lately, twin beam emitters such as those relying on the process of parametric down-conversion (PDC) have become confident sources of heralded single photons. However, if the pump power is high enough, the pairs produced via PDC-often called signal and idler-incorporate multiphoton contributions that usually distort the investigated quantum features. Here, we derive the temporal characteristics of the HOM interference between heralded states from two independent narrowband PDC sources. Apart from the PDC multiphoton content, our treatment also takes into account effects arriving from an unbalanced beam splitter ratio and optical losses. We perform a simulation in the telecommunication wavelength range and provide a useful tool for finding the optimal choice for PDC process parameters. Our results offer insight in the properties of narrowband PDC sources and turn useful when driving quantum optical applications with them.
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