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Two-photon interference with continuous-wave operating multi-mode coherent light

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Author(s)

Yong-Su Kim, Oliver T. Slattery, Paulina Kuo, Xiao Tang

Abstract

We report two-photon interference with continuous-wave multi-mode coherent light. We show that the two-photon interference, in terms of the detection time difference, reveals two-photon beating fringes with the visibility V = 0.5. While scanning the optical delay of the interferometer, Hong-Ou-Mandel dips or peaks are measured depending on the chosen detection time difference. The HOM dips/peaks are repeated whenever the optical delay is the same with the first-order coherence revival period of the multi-mode coherent light.
Citation
Optics Express

Citation

Kim, Y. , Slattery, O. , Kuo, P. and Tang, X. (2013), Two-photon interference with continuous-wave operating multi-mode coherent light, Optics Express, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=914467 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created September 11, 2013, Updated October 12, 2021