Title :
Testing single-photon wave packets by Hong-Ou-Mandel interference
Author :
Kolenderski, Piotr ; Banaszek, Konrad
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Nicolaus Copernicus Univ., Torun
Abstract :
We discuss characterization of single-photon wave packets by measuring Hong-Ou-Mandel interference with a weak coherent pulse. A complete multimode calculation is presented and effects of multiphoton terms in the coherent field as well as the impact of source and detection imperfections are discussed.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light coherence; light interference; multiphoton processes; quantum optics; Hong-Ou-Mandel interference; coherent field; coherent pulse; complete multimode calculation; multiphoton terms; single-photon wave packets; Access protocols; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Information processing; Interference; Optical fiber networks; Optical pulses; Photonics; Pulse measurements; Testing; Two-photon interference; quantum information processing; single photons;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunication Technologies 2008 and 2008 2nd Malaysia Conference on Photonics. NCTT-MCP 2008. 6th National Conference on
Conference_Location :
Putrajaya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2214-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2215-9
DOI :
10.1109/NCTT.2008.4814246
