Making photons indistinguishable by a time lens

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.14964v1
• Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 18:20:56 GMT
• Title: Making photons indistinguishable by a time lens
• Authors: Shivang Srivastava, Dmitri B. Horoshko, Mikhail I. Kolobov
• Abstract summary: We propose an application of quantum temporal imaging to restore the indistinguishability of the signal and the idler photons. We demonstrate that inserting a time lens in one arm of the interferometer and choosing properly its magnification factor restores perfect indistinguishability of the signal and the idler photons.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We propose an application of quantum temporal imaging to restoring the indistinguishability of the signal and the idler photons produced in the type-II spontaneous parametric down-conversion with a pulsed broadband pump. It is known that in this case, the signal and the idler photons have different spectral and temporal properties. This effect deteriorates their indistinguishability and, respectively, the visibility of the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference. We demonstrate that inserting a time lens in one arm of the interferometer and choosing properly its magnification factor restores perfect indistinguishability of the signal and the idler photons and provides 100% visibility of the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference in the limit of high focal group delay dispersion of the time lens.

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