Coherence Interpretation of the Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect
Coherence Interpretation of the Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect
Two-photon intensity correlation of the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect is one of the most important quantum features to understand for quantum information science and technologies. According to the particle nature of quantum mechanics, a photon pair interacting on a beam splitter must be indistinguishable to result in the photon bunching phenomenon …