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View SchemaGeneralised Hong-Ou-Mandel Experiments with Bosons and Fermions
| Authors | Yuan Liang Lim, Almut Beige |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0505034 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0505034 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/155 |
| Journal | New J. Phys. 7, 155 (2005) |
Abstract
The Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) dip plays an important role in recent linear optics experiments. It is crucial for quantum computing with photons and can be used to characterise the quality of single photon sources and linear optics setups. In this paper, we consider generalised HOM experiments with $N$ bosons or fermions passing simultaneously through a symmetric Bell multiport beam splitter. It is shown that for even numbers of bosons, the HOM dip occurs naturally in the coincidence detection in the output ports. In contrast, fermions always leave the setup separately exhibiting perfect coincidence detection. Our results can be used to verify or employ the quantum statistics of particles experimentally.
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