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arXiv:quant-ph/0610266

Demonstration of three-photon de Broglie wavelength by projection measurement

Bi‐Heng Liu, F. W. Sun, Yan-Xiao Gong, Yun‐Feng Huang, Z. Y. Ou, Guang‐Can Guo

Published Oct 31, 2006• 1 citation
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Abstract

Two schemes of projection measurement are realized experimentally to demonstrate the de Broglie wavelength of three photons without the need for a maximally entangled three-photon state (the NOON state). The first scheme is based on the proposal by Wang and Kobayashi (Phys. Rev. A {\bf 71}, 021802) that utilizes a couple of asymmetric beam splitters while the second one applies the general method of NOON state projection measurement to three-photon case. Quantum interference of three photons is responsible for projecting out the unwanted states, leaving only the NOON state contribution in these schemes of projection measurement.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0610266

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We construct a projection measurement process for the maximally entangled NNN-photon state [the NOON state $(\ensuremath{\mid}N,0⟩+\ensuremath{\mid}0,N⟩)∕\sqrt{2}$] with only linear optical elements and photodetectors. This measurement process will give null result for any NNN-photon state that is orthogonal to the NOON state. We examine the projection process in more detail for N=4N=4N=4 by applying it to a four-photon state from type-II parametric down-conversion. This demonstrates an orthogonal projection measurement with a null result. This null result corresponds to a dip in a generalized Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer for four photons. We find that the depth of the dip in this arrangement can be used to distinguish a genuine entangled four-photon state from two separate pairs of photons. We next apply the NOON state projection measurement to a four-photon superposition state from two perpendicularly oriented type-I parametric down-conversion processes. A successful NOON state projection is demonstrated with the appearance of the four-photon de Broglie wavelength in the interference fringe pattern.
A measurement process is constructed to project an arbitrary two-mode NNN-photon state to a maximally entangled NNN-photon state. The result of this projection measurement shows a typical interference fringe with an NNN-photon de Broglie wavelength. For an experimental demonstration, this measurement process is applied to a four-photon superposition state from two perpendicularly oriented type-I parametric down-conversion processes. Generalization to the projection measurement of an arbitrary NNN-photon state can be easily made and may have wide applications in quantum information. As an example, we formulate it for precision phase measurement.