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Frontiers in Optics

Two photon dynamics in an integrated photonic three port beamsplitter

Thomas Meany, Michael Delanty, Graham D. Marshall, Michael J. Steel, Michael J. Withford

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

We characterize a three dimensional three port beamsplitter device using two photons, the first example of this device in integrated photonics. We observe a Hong-Ou-Mandel dip between output ports showing quantum interference and construct a correlation matrix.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2012.ftu4d.6

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