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| The '''Hong–Ou–Mandel effect''' is a two-[[photon]] [[Interference (wave propagation)|interference]] effect in [[quantum optics]] which was demonstrated in the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer in 1987.<ref name="HOM">{{Cite journal |first=C. K. |last=Hong |first2=Z. Y. |last2=Ou |lastauthoramp=yes |first3=L. |last3=Mandel |title=Measurement of subpicosecond time intervals between two photons by interference |journal=[[Physical Review Letters|Phys. Rev. Lett.]] |volume=59 |issue=18 |pages=2044–2046 |year=1987 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.2044 |pmid=10035403 |bibcode=1987PhRvL..59.2044H}}</ref> The effect occurs when two identical single-photon waves enter a 50:50 [[beam splitter]], one in each input port. When both photons are identical they will extinguish each other. If there are changes in phase the propability of detection will increase. In this way the interferometer can measure accurately bandwidth, path lenghts and timing.
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| ==Quantum-mechanical description==
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| ===Physical description===
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| When a photon enters a [[beam splitter]], there are two possibilities: it will either be reflected or transmitted. The relative probabilities of [[Reflectivity|transmission and reflection]] are determined by the reflectivity of the beam splitter. Here, we assume a 50:50 beam splitter, in which a photon has equal [[probability]] of being reflected and transmitted.
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| [[Image:HOM.png|thumb|540px|left|Figure 1. The four possibilities of two-photon reflection and transmission are added at the amplitude level.]]
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| Next, consider two photons, one in each input mode of a 50:50 beam splitter (see figure 1). There are four possibilities for the photons to behave: 1) The photon coming in from above is reflected and the photon coming in from below is transmitted; 2) Both photons are transmitted; 3) Both photons are reflected; 4) The photon coming in from above is transmitted and the photon coming in from below is reflected. We assume now that the two photons are identical in their physical properties (i.e., [[Polarization (waves)|polarization]], spatio-temporal mode structure, and [[frequency]]).
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| Since the state of the beam splitter does not "record" which of the four possibilities actually happens, [[Richard Feynman|Feynman]]'s rule dictates that we have to add all four possibilities at the [[amplitude]] level. In addition, reflection off the bottom side of the beam splitter introduces a relative [[phase shift]] of −1 in the associated term in the superposition. This is required by the reversibility (or unitarity) of the quantum evolution of the beam splitter. Since the two photons are identical, we cannot distinguish between the output states of possibilities 2 and 3 in figure 1, and their relative minus sign ensures that these two terms cancel. This can be interpreted as [[destructive interference]].
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| ===Mathematical description===
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| Consider two optical modes ''a'' and ''b'' that carry [[annihilation and creation operators]] <math>\hat{a}</math>, <math>\hat{a}^{\dagger}</math>, and <math>\hat{b}</math>, <math>\hat{b}^{\dagger}</math>. Two identical photons in different modes can be described by the [[Fock state]]s
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| : <math>\hat{a}^{\dagger} \hat{b}^{\dagger} |0, 0\rangle_{ab} = | 1, 1\rangle_{ab}, \, </math>
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| where <math>|1\rangle</math> is a single-photon state. When the two modes ''a'' and ''b'' are mixed in a 50:50 [[beam splitter]], they turn into new modes ''c'' and ''d'', and the creation and annihilation operators transform accordingly:
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| : <math>\hat{a}^{\dagger} \rightarrow \frac{\hat{c}^{\dagger} + \hat{d}^{\dagger}}{\sqrt{2}} \quad\text{and}\quad \hat{b}^{\dagger} \rightarrow \frac{\hat{c}^{\dagger} - \hat{d}^{\dagger}}{\sqrt{2}}.</math>
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| The relative minus sign appears because the beam splitter is a [[unitary transformation]]. This can be seen most clearly when we write the two-mode beam splitter transformation in [[matrix (mathematics)|matrix]] form:
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| : <math> \begin{pmatrix} \hat{a} \\ \hat{b} \end{pmatrix} \rightarrow \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & -1 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} \hat{c} \\ \hat{d} \end{pmatrix}. </math>
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| Unitarity of the transformation now means unitarity of the matrix. Physically, this beam splitter transformation means that reflection off one surface induces a relative phase shift of −1 with respect to reflection off the other side of the beam splitter (see the Physical Description above). Similar transformations hold for the annihilation operators.
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| When two photons enter the beam splitter, one on each side, the state of the two modes becomes
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| : <math>
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| \begin{align}
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| | 1, 1\rangle_{ab} & = \hat{a}^{\dagger} \hat{b}^{\dagger} |0, 0\rangle_{ab} \rightarrow \frac{1}{2} \left( \hat{c}^{\dagger} + \hat{d}^{\dagger} \right) \left( \hat{c}^{\dagger} - \hat{d}^{\dagger} \right) |0,0\rangle_{cd} \\
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| & = \frac{1}{2} \left( \hat{c}^{\dagger 2} - \hat{d}^{\dagger 2} \right) |0,0\rangle_{cd} = \frac{|2,0\rangle_{cd} - |0,2\rangle_{cd}}{\sqrt{2}}.
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| </math>
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| Since the commutator of the two creation operators <math>\hat{c}^{\dagger}</math> and <math>\hat{d}^{\dagger}</math> vanishes, the surviving terms in the superposition are <math>\hat{c}^{\dagger 2}</math> and <math>\hat{d}^{\dagger 2}</math>. Therefore, when two identical photons enter a 50:50 beam splitter, they will always exit the beam splitter in the same (but random) output mode.
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| ===Experimental signature===
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| [[Image:HOM visibility.png|thumb|260px|Figure 2. The "HOM dip" of coincidence counts in the detectors versus relative delay between single-photon wave packets.]]
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| When two [[photodetector]]s monitor the output modes of the beam splitter, the coincidence rate of the detectors will drop to zero when the identical input photons overlap perfectly in time. This is called the ''Hong–Ou–Mandel dip'', or HOM dip, shown in figure 2. The coincidence count reaches a minimum, indicated by the dotted line in figure 2. The minimum drops to zero when the two photons are perfectly identical in all properties. When the two photons are perfectly distinguishable, the dip completely disappears. The precise shape of the dip is directly related to [[power spectrum]] of the single-photon [[wave packet]], and is therefore determined by the physical process of the source. Common shapes of the HOM dip are [[Gaussian function|Gaussian]] and [[Lorentzian]].
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| A classical analog to the HOM effect occurs when two [[coherent state]]s (e.g. laser beams) interfere at the beamsplitter. If the states have a rapidly varying phase difference (i.e. faster than the integration time of the detectors) then a dip will be observed in the coincidence rate equal to one half the average coincidence count at long delays (Nevertheless it can be further reduced with a proper discriminating trigger level applied to the signal.). Consequently, to prove that destructive interference is two-photon quantum interference, the HOM dip must be lower than one half.
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| ==Applications and experiments==
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| The Hong–Ou–Mandel effect can be used to test the degree of [[indistinguishability]] of the two incoming photons. When the HOM dip in figure 2 reaches all the way down to zero coincidence counts, the incoming photons are perfectly indistinguishable, whereas if there is no dip the photons are distinguishable. In 2002, the Hong–Ou–Mandel effect was used to demonstrate the [[density matrix|purity]] of a solid-state single-photon source by feeding two successive photons from the source into a 50:50 beam splitter.<ref>{{Cite journal |first=C. |last=Santori |last2=''et al.'' |first2=D |last3=Vucković |first3=J |last4=Solomon |first4=GS |last5=Yamamoto |first5=Y |title=Indistinguishable photons from a single-photon device |journal=Nature |volume=419 |issue=6907 |pages=594–597 |year=2002 |pmid=12374958 |doi=10.1038/nature01086 }}</ref> The [[Interferometric visibility|interference visibility]] ''V'' of the dip is related to the states of the two photons <math>\rho_a</math> and <math>\rho_b</math> by:
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| : <math>V = \operatorname{Tr}\left(\rho_{a}\rho_{b}\right). \, </math>
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| If <math>\rho_a=\rho_b=\rho</math> then the visibility is equal to the purity <math>P=\operatorname{Tr}(\rho^2)</math> of the photons. In 2006, an experiment was performed in which two atoms independently emitted a single photon. These photons subsequently produced the Hong–Ou–Mandel effect.<ref>{{Cite journal |first=J. |last=Beugnon |last2=''et al.'' |first2=MP |last3=Dingjan |first3=J |last4=Darquié |first4=B |last5=Messin |first5=G |last6=Browaeys |first6=A |last7=Grangier |first7=P |title=Quantum interference between two single photons emitted by independently trapped atoms |journal=Nature |volume=440 |issue=7085 |pages=779–782 |year=2006 |pmid=16598253 |doi=10.1038/nature04628 }}</ref>
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| The Hong–Ou–Mandel effect also underlies the basic entangling mechanism in linear optical [[quantum computing]], and the two-photon quantum state <math> |2,0\rangle + |0,2\rangle</math> that leads to the HOM dip is the simplest non-trivial state in a class called [[NOON state]]s.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Degree of coherence]]
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| * [[Photon antibunching]]
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| * [[Photon bunching]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| == External links ==
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| * [http://www.hpl.hp.com/breweb/quiprocone/Protected/Lecture_2.htm Lectures on Quantum Computing: Interference (2 of 6)] - [[David Deutsch]] lecture video, video of related experiment (a single photon in a sharp direction is split, mirrored and rejoined in a second splitter (joiner) output in the sharp direction).
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| * [http://physics.nist.gov/Divisions/Div844/publications/migdall/psm96_twophoton_interference.pdf Can Two-Photon Interference be Considered the Interference of Two Photons?] - Discussion of the interpretation of the HOM interferometer results.
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong-Ou-Mandel effect}}
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| [[Category:Quantum optics]]
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| [[Category:Interferometry]]
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