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Dispersion spreading of biphotons in optical fibres and two-photon interference

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We present the first observation of two-photon polarization interference structure in the second-order Glauber's correlation function of two-photon light generated via type-II spontaneous parametric down-conversion. In order to obtain this result, two-photon light is transmitted through an optical fibre and the coincidence distribution is analyzed by means of the START-STOP method. Beyond the experimental demonstration of an interesting effect in quantum optics, these results also have considerable relevance for quantum communications.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0603247,
  title  = {Dispersion spreading of biphotons in optical fibres and two-photon interference},
  author = {G. Brida and M. V. Chekhova and M. Genovese and M. Gramegna and L. A. Krivitsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0603247},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Accepted for publication in Phys.Rev.Lett