Purifying photon indistinguishability through quantum interference

Autor: Faurby, Carlos F. D., Carosini, Lorenzo, Cao, Huan, Sund, Patrik I., Hansen, Lena M., Giorgino, Francesco, Villadsen, Andrew B., Hoven, Stefan N. van den, Lodahl, Peter, Paesani, Stefano, Loredo, Juan C., Walther, Philip
Rok vydání: 2024
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: Indistinguishability between photons is a key requirement for scalable photonic quantum technologies. We experimentally demonstrate that partly distinguishable single photons can be purified to reach near-unity indistinguishability by the process of quantum interference with ancillary photons followed by heralded detection of a subset of them. We report on the indistinguishability of the purified photons by interfering two purified photons and show improvements in the photon indistinguishability of $2.774(3)$\% in the low-noise regime, and as high as $10.2(5)$ \% in the high-noise regime.
Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures
Databáze: arXiv