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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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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

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