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2019-05-21 14:30
Frequency-domain Mach-Zehnder interferometer Toshiki Kobayashi, Daisuke Yamazaki, Kenichiro Matsuki, Rikizo Ikuta (Osaka Univ.), Shigehito Miki (NICT), Taro Yamashita (Nagoya Univ.), Hirotaka Terai (NICT), Takashi Yamamoto (Osaka Univ.), Masato Koashi (Univ. of Tokyo), Nobuyuki Imoto (Osaka Univ.) |
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We demonstrate a first-order interference between coherent light at 1580~nm and 795~nm by using a frequency-domain Mach-Zehnder interferometer~(MZI) composed of two partial frequency converters as a frequency-domain BS. The BSs are realised by a second-order nonlinear optical effect in a periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide with a strong pump light. The observed visibility is over 0.99 at 50% conversion efficiencies of the BSs. Toward photonic quantum information processing, sufficiently small background noise photon rate is necessary. From measurement results with a superconducting single photon detector~(SSPD), we discuss the feasibility of the frequency-domain MZI in a quantum regime. Our estimation shows that the single photon interference with the visibility above 0.9 is feasible with practical settings. |
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Wavelength converter / Quantum optics / Nonlinear optics / PPLN / / / / |
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