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One of the fastest growing areas of interest in quantum computing is its use within machine learning methods, in particular through the application of quantum kernels. Despite this large interest, there exist very few proposals for relevant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-12 Cassandra Bowie , Sally Shrapnel , Michael Kewming

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

Quantum emitters such as quantum dots, defects in diamond or in silicon have emerged as efficient single photon sources that are progressively exploited in quantum technologies. In 2019, it was shown that the emitted single photon states…

The celebrated Hong-Ou-Mandel effect is the paradigm of two-particle quantum interference. It has its roots in the symmetry of identical quantum particles, as dictated by the Pauli principle. Two identical bosons impinging on a beam…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-01 Nicolas J. Cerf , Michael G. Jabbour

We investigate how the temporal coherence interference properties of light in a Michelson-Morley interferometer (MMI), using only a single-photon detector, can be understood in a quantum-optics framework in a straightforward and pedagogical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-03-03 O. Langangen , B. -S. Skagerstam , A. Vaskinn

We investigate into experimentally detectable effects such as the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) bunching and antibunching. These regimes can be characterized using the symmetry degree parameter $D_S$ that enters the two-photon coincidence…

We consider the interference of two photons with different colors in the context of a Hong-Ou-Mandel experiment, in which single photons enter each of the input ports of a beam splitter, and exit in the same, albeit undetermined, output…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. G. Raymer , S. J. van Enk , C. J. McKinstrie , H. J. McGuinness

We present Hong-Ou-Mandel interference of single photons generated via two different physical processes by two independent atomic systems: scattering by a single atom, and parametric generation via four-wave mixing in a cloud of cold atoms.…

Two-photon interference is a fundamental quantum optics effect with numerous applications in quantum information science. Here, we study two-photon interference in multiple transverse-spatial modes along a single beam-path. Besides…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Markus Hiekkamäki , Robert Fickler

We review some recent experiments based upon multimode two-photon interference of photon pairs created by spontaneous parametric down-conversion. The new element provided by these experiments is the inclusion of the transverse spatial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. P. Walborn , W. A. T. Nogueira , A. N. de Oliveira , S. Pádua , C. H. Monken

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

We consider the electronic analog of the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer from quantum optics. In this realistic condensed matter device, single electrons are injected and travel along opposite chiral edge states of the integer quantum Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 J. Rech , C. Wahl , T. Jonckheere , T. Martin

We report the first demonstration of quantum interference in multimode interference (MMI) devices and a new complete characterization technique that can be applied to any photonic device that removes the need for phase stable measurements.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-03-04 Alberto Peruzzo , Anthony Laing , Alberto Politi , Terry Rudolph , Jeremy L. O'Brien

Identification and understanding of the evolution of interference patterns in two-particle momentum correlations as a function of the strength of interatomic interactions are important in explorations of the nature of quantum states of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-05-09 Benedikt B. Brandt , Constantine Yannouleas , Uzi Landman

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

The Hong-Ou-Mandel interference dip is caused by an entangled state, a delocalized bi-photon state. We propose a method of detecting this entanglement by utilizing inverse Hong-Ou-Mandel interference, while taking into account vacuum and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Megan R. Ray , Steven J. van Enk

We study the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference of two identical, composite particles, each formed of two bosonic or fermionic constituents, as they scatter against a potential barrier in a one-dimensional lattice. For tightly bound composites, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Mama Kabir Njoya Mforifoum , Andreas Buchleitner , Gabriel Dufour

We propose a stable and high-precision three-dimensional (3D) quantum positioning scheme based on Hong-Ou-Mandel interference. While previous studies have explored HOM interference in quantum metrology, they were mostly limited to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-16 Yongqiang Li , Hongfeng Liu , Dawei Lu , Changliang Ren

The experimental characterization of multi-photon quantum interference effects in optical networks is essential in many applications of photonic quantum technologies, which include quantum computing and quantum communication as two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-14 Álvaro Navarrete , Wenyuan Wang , Feihu Xu , Marcos Curty

We investigate the indistinguishability of polaritons in optically trapped Bose Einstein condensates by implementing Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interferometry and test the limitations of two-polariton interference in the coherent, limit-cycle and…