Zero-Transmission Law for Multiport Beam Splitters
Quantum Physics
2010-06-09 v3
Abstract
The Hong-Ou-Mandel effect is generalized to a configuration of n bosons prepared in the n input ports of a Bell multiport beam splitter. We derive a strict suppression law for most possible output events, consistent with a generic bosonic behavior after suitable coarse graining.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1002.5038,
title = {Zero-Transmission Law for Multiport Beam Splitters},
author = {Malte Christopher Tichy and Markus Tiersch and Fernando de Melo and Florian Mintert and Andreas Buchleitner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.5038},
year = {2010}
}
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Version accepted by PRL