Joint spectral measurements at the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference dip

Author

Gerrits, Thomas ; Marsili, Francesco ; Verma, V.B. ; Stevens, Martin J. ; Stern, J.A. ; Shaw, Matthew ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Nam, S.W.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

9-14 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We employed a 2-channel single-photon detection system with high detection efficiency and low jitter to characterize the joint spectral probability distribution of correlated photons emerging from a Hong-Ou-Mandel interference arrangement. The high detection efficiency allows simultaneous measurement of all frequency components emerging from the source. The results show that the photons show an evolution from bunching to anti-bunching by the entangling beamsplitter of the HOM interferometer.

Keywords

jitter; light interference; light interferometry; light sources; optical beam splitters; optical correlation; optical variables measurement; photodetectors; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; statistical distributions; HOM interferometer; Hong-Ou-Mandel interference dip; all-frequency component measurements; beamsplitter entanglement; jitter; joint spectral probability distribution measurements; light source; photon correlation; two-channel single-photon detection system; Detectors; Interference; Jitter; Joints; Optical fibers; Photonics; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Type

conf

Filename

6833897