Published February 2006
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Journal article
Spatial two-photon interference in a Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749 (Korea, Republic of)
Description
We report the observation of the cosine modulation in the coincidence rates from a Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interferometer. Spatial interference fringes are seen by minute rotations of one mirror about the vertical axis, while the beam splitter is fixed in the center position. The results show that the maximum visibility of the fringe is 0.81, and the photon pairs separated by less than 1.52 mm in the source plane are measured to be indistinguishable. It turns out that it is possible to invert the HOM dips to peaks by the rotation of the mirror
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 73
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 023820-023820.4
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39008024
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BEAM SPLITTING; INTERFERENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; MODULATION; MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICS; PHOTONS; VISIBILITY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
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- Notes
- (c) 2006 The American Physical Society