Detection-dependent six-photon Holland-Burnett state interference.

ABSTRACT: The NOON state, and its experimental approximation the Holland-Burnett state, have important applications in phase sensing measurement with enhanced sensitivity. However, most of the previous Holland-Burnett state interference (HBSI) experiments only investigated the area of the interference pattern in the region immediately around zero optical path length difference, while the full HBSI pattern over a wide range of optical path length differences has not yet been well explored. In this work, we experimentally and theoretically demonstrate up to six-photon HBSI and study the properties of the interference patterns over a wide range of optical path length differences. It was found that the shape, the coherence time and the visibility of the interference patterns were strongly dependent on t

SUBMITTER: Jin RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5378926 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature