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Two-Photon Fields: Coherence, Interference and Entanglement
Anand Kumar Jha Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
June 19, 2013 Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
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One Photon Interference Introduction • Introduction to coherence
Introduction/Outline
Parametric Down-conversion as a source of entangled photons
Two-Photon Interference
• Temporal, Spatial, and Angular.
• Phase matching condition, Quantum Entanglement, Bell inequalities, Quantum Information
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Necessary condition for interference:
One-Photon Interference: “A photon interferes with itself ” - Dirac
Mandel and Wolf, Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics
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One-Photon Interference: “A photon interferes with itself ” - Dirac
Mandel and Wolf, Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics
Necessary condition for interference:
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Parametric down-conversion
two-photon field
Leads to second-order nonlinear optical effects
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Entanglement in time and energy “Temporal” two-photon coherence
Entanglement in position and momentum “Spatial” two-photon coherence
Entanglement in angular position and orbital angular momentum “Angular” two-photon coherence
Conservation laws and entanglement
Coherence length of pump laser: ~ 10 cms.
Coherence length of signal-idler field: ~ c/∆ω ∼ 100 µm.
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• Hong-Ou-Mandel effect C. K. Hong et al., PRL 59, 2044 (1987)
• Frustrated two-photon Creation T. J. Herzog et al., PRL 72, 629 (1994)
• Induced Coherence X. Y. Zou et al., PRL 67, 318 (1991)
• Postponed Compensation Experiment T. B. Pittman, PRL 77, 1917 (1996)
Two-Photon Interference
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T. J. Herzog et al., PRL 72, 629 (1994)
Two-Photon Interference: A two-photon interferes with itself
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Two-Photon Interference: A two-photon interferes with itself
T. J. Herzog et al., PRL 72, 629 (1994)
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Two-Photon Interference: A two-photon interferes with itself
Jha, O’Sullivan, Chan, and Boyd et al., PRA 77, 021801(R) (2008)
two-photon path-length difference
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Two-Photon Interference: A two-photon interferes with itself
two-photon path-asymmetry length difference
two-photon path-length difference
Jha, O’Sullivan, Chan, and Boyd et al., PRA 77, 021801(R) (2008)
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Two-Photon Interference: A two-photon interferes with itself
two-photon path-asymmetry length difference
two-photon path-length difference
Jha, O’Sullivan, Chan, and Boyd et al., PRA 77, 021801(R) (2008)
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two-photon path-asymmetry length difference
two-photon path-length difference
Two-Photon Interference: A two-photon interferes with itself
R. J. Glauber, Phys. Rev. 130, 2529 (1963)
Jha, O’Sullivan, Chan, and Boyd et al., PRA 77, 021801(R) (2008)
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Necessary conditions for two-photon interference:
Two-Photon Interference: A two-photon interferes with itself
two-photon path-asymmetry length difference
two-photon path-length difference
Jha, O’Sullivan, Chan, and Boyd et al., PRA 77, 021801(R) (2008)
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Two-Photon Interference: A two-photon interferes with itself
Case I : = 0 • ΔL plays the same role in two-photon interference as Δl does in one-photon interference
two-photon path-asymmetry length difference
two-photon path-length difference
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Two-Photon Interference: A two-photon interferes with itself
two-photon path-asymmetry length difference
two-photon path-length difference
•ΔL’ has no one-photon analog • The curve represents how coherence is lost due to an increase in the two-photon path-length asymmetry difference ΔL’
Case I : = 0
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1
2
Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) Effect
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ΔL = 0 ; ΔL’ = 2x
1
2
2x
x
Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) Effect
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Postponed Compensation Experiment
1(t-t)
2 (r-r)
D
2D
D
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1(t-t)
2 (r-r)
x
D
2D
ΔL = D ; ΔL’ = 2x
x
D
Postponed Compensation Experiment
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Experimental Verification
Jha, O’Sullivan, Chan, and Boyd et al., PRA 77, 021801(R) (2008)
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Experimental Verification
Jha, O’Sullivan, Chan, and Boyd et al., PRA 77, 021801(R) (2008)
• Hong-Ou-Mandel effect C. K. Hong et al., PRL 59, 2044 (1987)
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Spatial Two-photon Interference
Two-photon cross-spectral density: Two-photon transverse position vector :
Two-photon position-asymmetry vector :
(Gaussian Schell- model pump)
Necessary condition for interference:
A. K. Jha and R.W. Boyd, PRA 81, 013828 (2010)
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Entanglement in time and energy “Temporal” two-photon coherence
Entanglement in position and momentum “Spatial” two-photon coherence
Conservation laws and entanglement
Entanglement in angular position and orbital angular momentum “Angular” two-photon coherence
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Angular Fourier Relationship
Barnett and Pegg, PRA 41, 3427 (1990) Franke-Arnold et al., New J. Phys. 6, 103 (2004) Forbes, Alonso, and Siegman J. Phys. A 36, 707 (2003) Allen et al., PRA 45, 8185 (1992)
Angular position
l=0 l=2 l=1
Laguerre-Gauss basis
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Angular One-Photon Interference
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Angular One-Photon Interference
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Angular One-Photon Interference
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Angular One-Photon Interference
OAM-mode distribution:
E. Yao et al., Opt. Express 14, 13089 (2006) A. K. Jha, et al., PRA 78, 043810 (2008)
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Angular Two-Photon Interference State of the two photons produced by PDC:
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Angular Two-Photon Interference
State of the two photons after the aperture:
State of the two photons produced by PDC:
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Angular Two-Photon Interference
State of the two photons after the aperture:
State of the two photons produced by PDC:
Visibility:
Coincidence count rate:
W. K. Wootters, PRL 80, 2245 (1998) Concurrence
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Angular Two-Photon Interference
State of the two photons after the aperture:
State of the two photons produced by PDC:
Visibility:
Concurrence of the two-qubit state:
Coincidence count rate:
A. K. Jha et al., PRL 104, 010501 (2010)
W. K. Wootters, PRL 80, 2245 (1998) Concurrence
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Angular Two-Photon Interference
State of the two photons after the aperture:
Coincidence count rate:
State of the two photons produced by PDC:
Visibility:
Concurrence of the two-qubit state:
A. K. Jha et al., PRL 104, 010501 (2010)
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Angular Two-Photon Interference
State of the two photons after the aperture:
Coincidence count rate:
State of the two photons produced by PDC:
Visibility:
Concurrence of the two-qubit state:
A. K. Jha et al., PRL 104, 010501 (2010)
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Angular Two-Photon Interference
Coincidence count rate:
Visibility:
Concurrence of the two-qubit state:
A. K. Jha et al., PRL 104, 010501 (2010)
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Angular Two-Photon Interference
Coincidence count rate:
Visibility:
Concurrence of the two-qubit state:
A. K. Jha et al., PRL 104, 010501 (2010) Jha, Agarwal, and Boyd, PRA83, 053829 (2011)
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Summary and Conclusions
• A unified description of two-photon interference effects in terms of two-photon path length difference (∆L) and two-photon path-asymmetry length difference (∆L’). • HOM effect was described as the change in two-photon coherence as a function of two-photon path-asymmetry length difference (∆L’). • Studied angular two-photon interference effects • Demonstrated an angular two-qubit state
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Acknowledgments
• Prof. Robert Boyd • Prof. Carlos Stroud • Prof. Emil Wolf • Prof. Miles Padgett and his research group (Jonathan Leach, Barry Jack, Sonja Franke-Arnold)
• Prof. Steve Barnett
• The US Army Research Office, The US Air Force Office
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Angular One-Photon Interference
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Angular One-Photon Interference