Compensating for beamsplitter asymmetries in quantum interference experiments
| dc.contributor.author | Liang, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Todd Pittman | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-04T17:08:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-04T17:08:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The visibility of the quantum interference “dip” seen in the Hong–Ou–Mandel experiment is optimized when a symmetric 50⁄50 beamsplitter is used in the interferometer. Here we show that the reduction in visibility caused by an asymmetric beamsplitter can be compensated by manipulating the polarization states of the two input photons. We experimentally demonstrate this by using a highly asymmetric 10⁄90 beamsplitter, and converting an initial dip visibility of 22% to a compensated value of 99%. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | We acknowledge useful discussions with J.D. Franson. This work was supported in part by part by the National Science Foundation under grant No. 0652560, and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) under Army Research Office (ARO) contract W911NF05-1-0397. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.osapublishing.org/josab/abstract.cfm?uri=josab-27-2-350 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 3 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles preprints | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2u4ad-pk19 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | J. Liang and T. B. Pittman, "Compensating for beamsplitter asymmetries in quantum interference experiments," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27, 350-353 (2010), https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.27.000350 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.27.000350 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19322 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | OSA Publishing | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
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| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.title | Compensating for beamsplitter asymmetries in quantum interference experiments | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |