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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

High visibility Hong-Ou-Mandel interference between independent single photon sources obtained from multistage nonlinear interferometers

Jiamin Li, Jie Su, Liang Cui, Xiaoying Li, Z. Y. Ou

Published Jan 1, 2019• 1 citation
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Abstract

Using spontaneous four-wave mixing in a 3-stage nonlinear interferometer for temporal mode shaping, we efficiently generate heralded single photons in single-mode, evidenced by a visibility of 90% in Hong–Ou–Mandel interference between independent sources.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2019.fth3d.5

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