Entanglement generation and manipulation in the Hong-Ou-Mandel experiment: a hidden scenario beyond two-photon interference

被引：1
作者：
Yang, Li-Kai [1 ,2 ]
Cai, Han [1 ,3 ,4 ]
Peng, Tao [1 ]
Wang, Da-Wei [1 ,3 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Texas A&M Univ, Inst Quantum Sci & Engn, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[2] Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Phys Sci, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China
[3] Zhejiang Univ, Interdisciplinary Ctr Quantum Informat, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
[4] Zhejiang Univ, Dept Phys, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
来源：
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS | 2018年 / 51卷 / 12期
关键词：
Hong-Ou-Mandel; quantum jump simulation; entanglement generation; photon path control; 2 SINGLE PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; ATOM; DISTANCE; STATES;
D O I：
10.1088/1361-6455/aac184
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
The Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect was long believed to be a two-photon interference phenomenon. It describes the fact that two indistinguishable photons mixed at a beam splitter will bunch together to one of the two output modes. Considering the two single-photon emitters such as trapped ions, we explore a hidden scenario of the HOM effect, where entanglement can be generated between the two ions when a single photon is detected by one of the detectors. A second photon emitted by the entangled photon sources will be subsequently detected by the same detector. However, we can also control the fate of the second photon by manipulating the entangled state. Instead of two-photon interference, the phase of the entangled state is responsible for the photon's path in our proposal. Toward a feasible experimental realization, we conduct a quantum jump simulation on the system to show its robustness against experimental errors.
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