Title :
A balanced Franson interferometer
Author :
Williams, Brian P. ; Humble, Travis S. ; Grice, W.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Our balanced Franson interferometer allows observation locally of Hong-Ou-Mandel and biphoton de Broglie interference and non-local Franson interference with suppressed single-photon interference. Advantages are its size, pulsed source compatibility, and passive visibility monitoring.
Keywords :
light interference; light interferometers; Hong-Ou-Mandel interference; balanced Franson interferometer; biphoton de Broglie interference; interferometer size; nonlocal Franson interference; passive visibility monitoring; pulsed source compatibility; suppressed single-photon interference; Detectors; Interference; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Photonics; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA