Quantum Statistics of Two Identical Particles and Modified Hong-Ou-Mandel Interferometer

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.12675v2
• Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:48:16 GMT
• Title: Quantum Statistics of Two Identical Particles and Modified Hong-Ou-Mandel Interferometer
• Authors: Won-Young Hwang, Kicheon Kang,
• Abstract summary: We show that effective distinguishability emerges as the thermal energy increases with respect to the energy level spacing.<n>A realistic experimental approach is proposed using a two-particle interferometer.
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• Abstract: We propose an experimental scheme to probe the quantum statistics of two identical particles. The transition between the quantum and classical statistics of two identical particles is described by the particles having identical multiple internal energy levels. We show that effective distinguishability emerges as the thermal energy increases with respect to the energy level spacing, and the mesoscopic regime bridges quantum indistinguishability and classical distinguishability. A realistic experimental approach is proposed using a two-particle interferometer, where the particles reach statistical equilibrium before the two-particle distribution is measured. The unitarity of the scattering/separation process ensures the preservation of the equilibrium distribution and allows a direct measurement of the two-particle statistical distribution. Our results show the transition between quantum and classical behavior of the two-particle distribution, which can be directly probed by a realistic experiment.

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