Abstract
By utilizing a fiber-based indistinguishable photon-pair source in the 1.55 μm telecommunications band, we present the first, to the best of our knowledge, deterministic quantum splitter based on the principle of time-reversed Hong-Ou-Mandel quantum interference. The deterministically separated identical photons' indistinguishability is then verified by using a conventional Hong-Ou-Mandel quantum interference, which exhibits a near-unity dip visibility of 94±1%, making this quantum splitter useful for various quantum information processing applications.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 031804 |
| Journal | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Sep 26 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics