Experimental Hong–Ou–Mandel interference using two independent heralded single-photon sources

doi:10.1007/s12200-020-0986-2

Front. Optoelectron.

2021, Vol. 14

Issue (3) : 360-364 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-020-0986-2

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Experimental Hong–Ou–Mandel interference using two independent heralded single-photon sources

Meng YE(

), Yong WANG, Peng GAO, Likun XU, Guanjin HUANG

CSG Power Generation Company Information Communication Branch, Guangzhou 510070, China

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Abstract

Hong–Ou–Mandel (HOM) interference is one of the most important experimental phenomena in quantum optics. It has drawn considerable attention with respect to quantum cryptography and quantum communication because of the advent of the measurement device independent (MDI) quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol. Here, we realize HOM interference, having a visibility of approximately 38.1%, using two independent heralded single-photon sources (HSPSs). The HOM interference between two independent HSPSs is a core technology for realizing the long-distance MDI QKD protocol, the quantum coin-tossing protocol, and other quantum cryptography protocols.

Keywords Hong–Ou–Mandel (HOM) quantum cryptography quantum key distribution (QKD)

Corresponding Author(s): Meng YE

Online First Date: 08 July 2020 Issue Date: 30 September 2021

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Meng YE,Yong WANG,Peng GAO, et al. Experimental Hong–Ou–Mandel interference using two independent heralded single-photon sources[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2021, 14(3): 360-364.

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Fig.1 An HOM interference scheme containing two PBSs. The two photons are polarized as

| H 〉

and

| V 〉

. PBS, polarization beam splitter; HWP, half-wave plate

Fig.2 Setup of HOM interference experiment. HWP, half-wave plate; LBO, LiB₃O₅; BBO, β–BaB₂O₂; BPIF, bandpass interference filter; H1, H2, half-wave plates for polarization compensation; PBS, polarization beam splitter; SPD, single-photon detector

Fig.3 HOM dip in our experiment. The solid line denotes the Gaussian fitting. B represents the black fit curve and D represents the red fit curve in the figure. The fitting formula y is a Gaussian fitting function. A and w are parameters in the formula

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