Chirped-pulse interferometry is a new interferometric technique encapsulating the advantages of the quantum Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer without the drawbacks of using entangled photons. Both interferometers can exhibit even-order dispersion cancellation which allows high resolution optical delay measurements even in thick optical samples. In the present work, we show that finite frequency correlations in chirped-pulse interferometry and Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry limit the degree of dispersion cancellation. Our results are important considerations in designing practical devices based on these technologies.
@article{arxiv.0909.0796,
title = {Chirped-pulse interferometry with finite frequency correlations},
author = {Kevin J. Resch and Rainer Kaltenbaek and Jonathan Lavoie and Devon N. Biggerstaff},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.0796},
year = {2009}
}