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Nonlinear quantum interferometric spectroscopy with entangled photon pairs

Quantum Physics 2022-03-23 v1

Abstract

We develop closed expressions for a time-resolved photon counting signal induced by an entangled photon pair in an interferometric spectroscopy setup. Superoperator expressions in Liouville-space are derived that can account for relaxation and dephasing induced by coupling to a bath. Interferometric setups mix matter and light variables non-trivially, which complicates their interpretation. We provide an intuitive modular framework for this setup that simplifies its description. Based on separation between the detection stage and the light-matter interaction processes. We show that the pair entanglement time and the interferometric time-variables control the observed physics time-scale. Only a few processes contribute in the limiting case of small entanglement time with respect to the sample response, and specific contributions can be singled out.

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@article{arxiv.2201.11140,
  title  = {Nonlinear quantum interferometric spectroscopy with entangled photon pairs},
  author = {Shahaf Asban and Vladimir Y. Chernyak and Shaul Mukamel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.11140},
  year   = {2022}
}
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