Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer with cavities: Theory

Journal Article · Sat Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0· OSTI ID:20787160

Olindo, C; Sagioro, M A; Monken, C H; Padua, S; Delgado, A ^[1]

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1. Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 702, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte MG (Brazil)

We study the number of coincidences in a Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer exit whose arms have been supplemented with the addition of one or two optical cavities. The fourth-order correlation function at the beam splitter exit is calculated. In the regime where the cavities lengths are larger than the one-photon coherence length, photon coalescence and anticoalescence interference is observed. Feynman's path diagrams for the indistinguishable processes that lead to quantum interference are presented. The construction of an optical XOR gate is discussed as an application for the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer with two cavities.

• OSTI ID: 20787160
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 73, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.043806; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
BEAM SPLITTING
CAVITY RESONATORS
COALESCENCE
COHERENCE LENGTH
CORRELATION FUNCTIONS
FEYNMAN DIAGRAM
GATING CIRCUITS
INTERFERENCE
INTERFEROMETERS
INTERFEROMETRY
OPTICS
PHOTONS