0212017v1

related topics
{photon, photons, single}
{light, field, probe}
{wave, scattering, interference}
{state, states, coherent}
{operator, operators, space}
{qubit, qubits, gate}
{cavity, atom, atoms}
{bell, inequality, local}

Multimode Hong-Ou-Mandel interference

S. P. Walborn, A. N. de Oliveira, S. Pádua, C. H. Monken

abstract: We consider multimode two-photon interference at a beam splitter by photons created by spontaneous parametric down-conversion. The resulting interference pattern is shown to depend upon the transverse spatial symmetry of the pump beam. In an experiment, we employ the first-order Hermite-Gaussian modes in order to show that, by manipulating the pump beam, one can control the resulting two-photon interference behavior. We expect these results to play an important role in the engineering of quantum states of light for use in quantum information processing and quantum imaging.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0212017
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
4 pages, 6 figures, submitted to PRL
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.143601
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0212017
journal_ref:
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 143601 (2003).
created:
2002-12-03

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