Multi-Photon Quantum Interference

• Main Author: Ou, Zhe-Yu Jeff (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Quantum optics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Quantum Optics.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

Multi-Photon Quantum Interference covers the phenomena of quantum interference through the multi-photon effects of photon correlation. The author’s focus is on the temporal correlation among photons and how it influences the interference effect. Included is discussion of some of the well known multi...

Table of Contents:

• Two-Photon Interference
• Historical Background and General Remarks
• Quantum State from Parametric Down-Conversion
• Hong-Ou-Mandel Interferometer
• Phase-Independent Two-Photon Interference
• Phase-Dependent Two-Photon Interference: Two-Photon Interferometry
• Interference between a Two-Photon State and~a Coherent State
• Quantum Interference of More Than Two Photons
• Coherence and Multiple Pair Production in~Parametric Down-Conversion
• Quantum Interference with Two Pairs of~Down-Converted Photons
• Temporal Distinguishability of a Multi-Photon State
• Homodyne of a Single-Photon State: A Special Multi-Photon Interference.