Title :
Heralded generation of a three-photon NOON state
Author :
Kim, Heonoh ; Park, Hee Su ; Choi, Sang-Kyung
Author_Institution :
Korea Res. Inst. of Stand. & Sci., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
A heralded three-photon NOON state is generated from two pairs of photons produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC). The measured four-photon coincidences reveal fringes three times finer than single-photon interference.
Keywords :
multiphoton processes; optical frequency conversion; quantum optics; four-photon coincidence; heralded three-photon NOON state generation; quantum information; single-photon interference; spontaneous parametric down-conversion; Interference; Lenses; Lithography; Metrology; Optical pulse generation; Optical retarders; Photonic crystals; Polarization; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; (270.4180) Multiphoton processes; (270.5585) Quantum information and processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
