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High-visibility nonclassical interference between pure heralded single photons and weak coherent photons

Quantum Physics 2011-04-26 v2

Abstract

We present an experiment of nonclassical interference between a pure heralded single-photon state and a weak coherent state. Our experiment is the first to demonstrate that spectrally pure single photons can have high interference visibility, 89.4 \pm 0.5%, with weak coherent photons. Our scheme lays the groundwork for future experiments requiring quantum interference between photons in nonclassical states and those in coherent states.

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@article{arxiv.1010.5638,
  title  = {High-visibility nonclassical interference between pure heralded single photons and weak coherent photons},
  author = {Rui-Bo Jin and Jun Zhang and Ryosuke Shimizu and Nobuyuki Matsuda and Yasuyoshi Mitsumori and Hideo Kosaka and Keiichi Edamatsu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.5638},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages,5 figures