A method for balancing the paths of a two-photon interferometer

Authors
Spence, SE Stoudt, DC Swanson, NL Parks, AD Peterkin, FE
Citation
Se. Spence et al., A method for balancing the paths of a two-photon interferometer, REV SCI INS, 71(1), 2000, pp. 23-26
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
ISSN journal
00346748 → ACNP
Volume
71
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
23 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6748(200001)71:1<23:AMFBTP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We present and demonstrate a method for balancing the two paths of a two-ph oton interferometer of the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) variety. This method remove s the difficulties of balancing the paths in this type of interferometer wh ere a type-I crystal is used for the generation of the entangled photon pai rs. Using this method we show that we are consistently able to balance the similar to 2000 mm path lengths in our HOM interferometer on average to wit hin similar to 60 mu m. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0034-6748 (00)01101-1].