Abstract
The well-known Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect is the first demonstration of perfect destructive interference of quantum amplitudes in a linear optical system with single photon Fock-states at input. A natural question to ask is whether we are able to predict similar behavior for systems of a general size, that is, predicting forbidden transitions for a given input state and a given linear optical system. Previous studies have found that certain symmetries between the input and output configuration in combination with a symmetric interferometer will always result into so called suppressions. But recently, a few examples have been found of suppressions which do not obey the suppression laws constructed in previous studies. In this work, we
parametrize a general three-mode interferometer and we use a numerical optimization algorithm in order to find all three-mode interferometers that demonstrate forbidden transitions. These results help us to gain a better understanding of the fundamental reason behind suppressions. In addition, we compare the quality of the different interferometers for applications
in quantum tomography.
parametrize a general three-mode interferometer and we use a numerical optimization algorithm in order to find all three-mode interferometers that demonstrate forbidden transitions. These results help us to gain a better understanding of the fundamental reason behind suppressions. In addition, we compare the quality of the different interferometers for applications
in quantum tomography.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Oct 2023 |
| Event | 46th Annual Meeting NNV AMO 2023 - Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands Duration: 10 Oct 2023 → 11 Oct 2023 Conference number: 46 https://www.ru.nl/en/about-us/events/46th-annual-meeting-nnv-amo |
Conference
| Conference | 46th Annual Meeting NNV AMO 2023 |
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| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Egmond aan Zee |
| Period | 10/10/23 → 11/10/23 |
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