Description of states of two-photon interference in optical gating Michelson interferometer

Ekkarat Pongophas; Asawin Sinsarp; Sujin Suwanna; Withoon Chunwachirasiri; Wisit Singhsomroje

doi:10.1117/12.2195877

29 July 2015 Description of states of two-photon interference in optical gating Michelson interferometer

Ekkarat Pongophas, Asawin Sinsarp, Sujin Suwanna, Withoon Chunwachirasiri, Wisit Singhsomroje

Proceedings Volume 9659, International Conference on Photonics Solutions 2015; 96590H (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195877
Event: International Conference on Photonics Solutions 2015, 2015, Hua Hin, Thailand

Abstract

The interference of two photons in the optical gating Michelson interferometer is investigated. The phenomenon is studied using two different representations of photons: the space-time domain and a step-by-step two photon state evolution. Both representations lead to an equivalent description of the two-photon states which is the interference of four cases of two-photon traveling states, as implied by the evolution analysis. Additionally, the space-time domain analysis reveals that the classical interference of high-intensity light source is identical to the two-photon interference in the quantum regime except for a multiplicative factor of (ⁿ ₂), where n is the number of photons.

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Ekkarat Pongophas, Asawin Sinsarp, Sujin Suwanna, Withoon Chunwachirasiri, and Wisit Singhsomroje "Description of states of two-photon interference in optical gating Michelson interferometer", Proc. SPIE 9659, International Conference on Photonics Solutions 2015, 96590H (29 July 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195877

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