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arXiv:1407.7683 · Physical Review Letters

Interferometric Measurement of the Biphoton Wave Function

Federica A. Beduini, Joanna A. Zielińska, Vito Giovanni Lucivero, Yannick A. de Icaza Astiz, Morgan W. Mitchell

Published Oct 31, 2014• 33 citations
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Abstract

Interference between an unknown two-photon state (a "biphoton") and the two-photon component of a reference state gives a phase-sensitive arrival-time distribution containing full information about the biphoton temporal wave function. Using a coherent state as a reference, we observe this interference and reconstruct the wave function of single-mode biphotons from a low-intensity narrow band squeezed vacuum state.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.113.183602

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