Teaching quantum mechanics with the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer

Gustavo Armendáriz; Jorge Cravioto-Lagos; Victor Velázquez; Marcela Grether; Enrique López-Moreno; E. J. Galvez

doi:10.1117/12.2070280

17 July 2014 Teaching quantum mechanics with the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer

Gustavo Armendáriz, Jorge Cravioto-Lagos, Victor Velázquez, Marcela Grether, Enrique López-Moreno, E. J. Galvez

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Proceedings Volume 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference; 928908 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070280
Event: 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 2013, Porto, Portugal

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The Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer is an optical device which allows us to prove experimentally the quantum nature of light via the quantum amplitude superposition of two indistinguishable photons. We have implemented this experiment as an advanced undergraduate laboratory experience. We were able to overcome well known difficulties with this experiment using recently reported techniques by Thomas et al. [Rev. Sci. Instr. 80, 036101 (2009), ].

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Gustavo Armendáriz, Jorge Cravioto-Lagos, Victor Velázquez, Marcela Grether, Enrique López-Moreno, and E. J. Galvez "Teaching quantum mechanics with the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer", Proc. SPIE 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 928908 (17 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070280

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