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Observation of two-photon interference with continuous variables by homodyne detection

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We experimentally observed a two-photon interference between a squeezed vacuum state from an optical parametric amplifier and a weak coherent state on a beam splitter with continuous variables. The photon statistics properties of the mixed field were investigated by calculating the correlations among four permutations of measured quadratures components, which were obtained by two homodyne detection systems. This also means that the two-photon interference occurred at analysis frequency differing from the previous two-photon interference reports. The nonclassical effect of photon anti-bunching occurred when an amplitude squeezed vacuum state acted as one of interference sources. On the other hand, the photon bunching effect appeared when a phase squeezed vacuum state was employed.

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  1. Department of Engineering Science, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu-shi, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan

    Daohua Wu, Kota Kawamoto, Masayoshi Watanabe & Yun Zhang

  2. Institute of Optoelectronic Engineering, College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, P.R. China

    Xiaomin Guo

  3. Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492, Japan

    Katsuyuki Kasai

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Wu, D., Kawamoto, K., Guo, X. et al. Observation of two-photon interference with continuous variables by homodyne detection. Eur. Phys. J. D 71, 260 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80379-y

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