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Complementarity relationship between coherence and path distinguishability in an interferometer based on induced coherence
- 1. Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, SW7 2AZ London, England, United Kingdom
- 2. Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Barcelona, Spain
- 3. Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Description
We consider an interferometer based on the concept of induced coherence, where two photons that originate in different second-order nonlinear crystals can interfere. We derive a complementarity relationship that links the first-order coherence between the two interfering photons with a parameter that quantifies the distinguishing information regarding the nonlinear crystal where they originated. We show that the derived relationship goes beyond the single-photon regime and is valid for any photon-flux rate generated. We report experimental results in the low photon-flux regime that confirm the validity of the derived complementarity relationship.
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Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.110.012421;
- arXiv
- arXiv:2310.19765;
- Crossref Funder ID
- 10.13039/501100004837; 10.13039/100014423; 10.13039/501100004895; 10.13039/501100002924;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review A
- Journal Volume
- 110
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- 7 pgs.
- ISSN
- 1094-1622
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COHERENT RADIATION; CRYSTALS; INTERFERENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OPTICAL MODES; PHOTONS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM DECOHERENCE; QUANTUM OPTICS; UNITARITY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INTERFEROMETERS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; OPTICS; OSCILLATION MODES; RADIATIONS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033; CEX2019-000910-S; PID2020-112670GB-I00
- Notes
- Contact Email: Contact author: g.jimenez-machado@imperial.ac.uk; Contact Email: Contact author: juanp.torres@icfo.eu; Record automatically processed
- Funding organization
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación; Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency; European Social Fund Plus; Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras