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We report an experimental demonstration of room-temperature Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference at a radio-wave frequency of 120 MHz using conditional build-up of quantum states from classical phase-averaged coherent states. This approach…

The Hong-Ou-Mandel effect provides a mechanism to determine the distinguishability of a photon pair by measuring the bunching rates of two photons interfering at a beam splitter. Of particular interest is the distinguishability in time,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-28 Hannah Scott , Dominic Branford , Niclas Westerberg , Jonathan Leach , Erik M. Gauger

Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference is a compelling quantum phenomenon that demonstrates the nonclassical nature of single photons. In this study, we investigate an electromagnetically induced transparency-based double-$\Lambda$ four-wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Zi-Yu Liu , Jiun-Shiuan Shiu , Chin-Yao Cheng , Yong-Fan Chen

Quantum optical neurons (QONs) are emerging as promising computational units that leverage photonic interference to perform neural operations in an energy-efficient and physically grounded manner. Building on recent theoretical proposals,…

The Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect is a quintessential process in various quantum information technologies and quantum optics applications. In this work, we investigate multi-photon interference, developing a model for the simultaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-28 Noah Crum , Md Mehdi Hassan , Adrien Green , George Siopsis

The two-photon Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference is a pure quantum effect which indicates the degree of indistinguishability of photons. The four-photon HOM interference exhibits richer dynamics in comparison to the two-photon interference…

Optics · Physics 2019-11-20 A. Ferreri , V. Ansari , C. Silberhorn , P. R. Sharapova

We propose a method to perform the quantum state tomography (QST) of an $\mathit{n}$-partite qudit state embedded in single photons using the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference between the target state and probe state. This method requires…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-12 Yoshiaki Tsujimoto , Rikizo Ikuta , Kentaro Wakui , Toshiki Kobayashi , Mikio Fujiwara

Optical vector modes (VMs), characterized by spatially varying polarization distributions, have become essential tools across microscopy, metrology, optical trapping, nanophotonics, and optical communications. The Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Xiaoqin Gao , Dilip Paneru , Francesco Di Colandrea , Yingwen Zhang , Ebrahim Karimi

Although quantum physics is well understood in inertial reference frames (flat spacetime), a current challenge is the search for experimental evidence of non-trivial or unexpected behaviour of quantum systems in non-inertial frames. Here,…

The Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect is widely regarded as the quintessential quantum interference phenomenon in optics. In this work we examine how nonlinearity can smear statistical photon bunching in the HOM interferometer. We model both the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-25 K. A. Ralley , I. V. Lerner , I. V. Yurkevich

When two indistinguishable bosons interfere at a beam splitter, they both exit through the same output port. This foundational quantum-mechanical phenomenon, known as the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect, has become a cornerstone in the field of…

Superposition and indistinguishablility between probability amplitudes have played an essential role in observing quantum interference effects of correlated photons. The Hong-Ou-Mandel interference and interferences of the path-entangled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-31 Heonoh Kim , Sang Min Lee , Han Seb Moon

Nearly 30 years ago, two-photon interference was observed, marking the beginning of a new quantum era. Indeed, two-photon interference has no classical analogue, giving it a distinct advantage for a range of applications. The peculiarities…

Two-photon quantum interference at a beam splitter, commonly known as Hong-Ou-Mandel interference, was recently demonstrated with \emph{microwave-frequency} photons by Lang \emph{et al.}\,\cite{lang:microwaveHOM}. This experiment employed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 M. J. Woolley , C. Lang , C. Eichler , A. Wallraff , A. Blais

Interference experiments provide a simple yet powerful tool to unravel fundamental features of quantum physics. Here we engineer an RF-driven, time-dependent bilinear coupling that can be tuned to implement a robust 50:50 beamsplitter…

Quantum emitters are a key resource in quantum technologies, microscopy, and other applications. The ability to rapidly detect them is useful both for quality control in engineered emitter arrays and for high-contrast imaging of naturally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-27 Warwick P. Bowen

The Hong-Ou-Mandel interference experiment is a fundamental demonstration of nonclassical interference and a basis for many investigations of quantum information. This experiment involves the interference of two photons reaching a symmetric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-05 Nicholas S. DiBrita , Enrique J. Galvez

The functional characterization of different neuronal types has been a longstanding and crucial challenge. With the advent of physical quantum computers, it has become possible to apply quantum machine learning algorithms to translate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Xavier Vasques , Hanhee Paik , Laura Cif

Quantum Information Processing, from cryptography to computation, based upon linear quantum optical circuit elements relies heavily on the ability offered by the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) Effect to route photons from separate input modes into…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-23 Edwin E. Hach , Stefan F. Preble , Ali W. Elshaari , Paul M. Alsing , Michael L. Fanto

Shaping single-mode operation in high-power fibres requires a precise knowledge of the gain-medium optical properties. This requires accurate measurements of the refractive index differences ($\Delta$n) between the core and the cladding of…