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European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC)

Demonstration of Two-Photon Interference with Postponed Compensation and "Quantum Vernier" Effect

Alexander V. Sergienko, T.H. Pittman, Dmitry Strekalov, Morton H. Rubin, Yanhua H. Shih, Raju V. Datla, Alan L. Migdall

Published Jan 1, 1996• 0 citations
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10.1109/eqec.1996.561528

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Comment on a paper by Lapaire and Sipe

Morton H. Rubin

In a recent paper [quant-ph/0607008] Lapaire and Sipe argue that one can discuss interference experiments using entangled photons in terms of single photon wave functions. Furthermore, they argue that contrary to the claim of the authors of the postponed compensation experiment [2], the single photon wave functions overlap on the beam splitter when interference is observed. In this comment, we show that the claim in [2] is correct and we argue that the idea of single photon wave functions in entangled states is misleading.

arXiv:quant-ph/0608073•Aug 8, 2006•1 citation
We report on a ``postponed compensation'' experiment in which the observed two-photon entangled state interference cannot be pictured in terms of the overlap of the two individual photon wave packets of a parametric down-conversion pair on a beam splitter. In the sense of a quantum eraser, the distinguishability of the different two-photon Feynman amplitudes leading to a coincidence detection is removed by delaying the compensation until after the output of an unbalanced two-photon interferometer.
We report on an experiment to determine both the group and phase delays experienced by orthogonally polarized photon pairs traveling through a birefringent medium. Both types of delay are determined from the same set of coincidence-counting data. The experiment is based on an interference technique using two-photon multipath indistinguishability to produce an interference feature. Earlier work has shown that this interference feature can be used to measure the group velocity of single-photon wave packets in dielectric media. In the current work, the two-photon interferometer has been modified to produce an additional interference feature that is sensitive to the phase velocity of the light. We have used this technique to simultaneously measure the group delay in crystal quartz with a precision of 0.1 fs and the phase delay with a precision of 8 attoseconds. Our analysis clarifies the effects of group and phase delays and shows the unexpected result that dispersive temporal broadening, which is well known to be canceled for the original interferometer setup, is not canceled for this type of ``postponed compensation'' interferometer.
In a recent paper [quant-ph/0607008] Lapaire and Sipe argue that one can discuss interference experiments using entangled photons in terms of single photon wave functions. Furthermore, they argue that contrary to the claim of the authors of the postponed compensation experiment [2], the single photon wave functions overlap on the beam splitter when interference is observed. In this comment, we show that the claim in [2] is correct and we argue that the idea of single photon wave functions in entangled states is misleading.