Measuring the joint spectral mode of photon pairs using intensity interferometry
Author(s)
Thekkadath, GS
Bell, BA
Patel, RB
Kim, MS
Walmsley, IA
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The ability to manipulate and measure the time-frequency structure of quantum light is useful for information processing and metrology. Measuring this structure is also important when developing quantum light sources with high modal purity that can interfere with other independent sources. Here, we present and experimentally demonstrate a scheme based on intensity interferometry to measure the joint spectral mode of photon pairs produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion. We observe correlations in the spectral phase of the photons due to chirp in the pump. We show that our scheme can be combined with stimulated emission tomography to quickly measure their mode using bright classical light. Our scheme does not require phase stability, nonlinearities, or spectral shaping and thus is an experimentally simple way of measuring the modal structure of quantum light.
Date Issued
2022-01-10
Date Acceptance
2021-12-22
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2022, 128 (2), pp.1-6
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Start Page
1
End Page
6
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
128
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2022 American Physical Society
Sponsor
National Research Council Canada
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Identifier
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Grant Number
939581
EP/T001062/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics
FREQUENCY
STATE
PHASE
GENERATION
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 023601
Date Publish Online
2022-01-10