Single-Photon Hologram of a Zero-Area Pulse
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Single-Photon Hologram of a Zero-Area Pulse. / Lipka, Michal; Parniak, Michal.
I: Physical Review Letters, Bind 127, Nr. 16, 163601, 12.10.2021.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Letter › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Single-Photon Hologram of a Zero-Area Pulse
AU - Lipka, Michal
AU - Parniak, Michal
PY - 2021/10/12
Y1 - 2021/10/12
N2 - Single photons exhibit inherently quantum and unintuitive properties such as the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect, demonstrating their bosonic and quantized nature, yet at the same time may correspond to single excitations of spatial or temporal modes with a very complex structure. Those two features are rarely seen together. Here we experimentally demonstrate how the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect can be spectrally resolved and harnessed to characterize a complex temporal mode of a single-photon-a zero-area pulse-obtained via a resonant interaction of a terahertz-bandwidth photon with a narrow gigahertz-wide atomic transition of atomic vapor. The combination of bosonic quantum behavior with bandwidth-mismatched light-atom interaction is of fundamental importance for deeper understanding of both phenomena, as well as their engineering offering applications in characterization of ultrafast transient processes.
AB - Single photons exhibit inherently quantum and unintuitive properties such as the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect, demonstrating their bosonic and quantized nature, yet at the same time may correspond to single excitations of spatial or temporal modes with a very complex structure. Those two features are rarely seen together. Here we experimentally demonstrate how the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect can be spectrally resolved and harnessed to characterize a complex temporal mode of a single-photon-a zero-area pulse-obtained via a resonant interaction of a terahertz-bandwidth photon with a narrow gigahertz-wide atomic transition of atomic vapor. The combination of bosonic quantum behavior with bandwidth-mismatched light-atom interaction is of fundamental importance for deeper understanding of both phenomena, as well as their engineering offering applications in characterization of ultrafast transient processes.
KW - OU-MANDEL INTERFERENCE
KW - LASER CONTROL
KW - QUANTUM
KW - SPECTROSCOPY
KW - PROPAGATION
KW - STATES
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.163601
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.163601
M3 - Letter
C2 - 34723616
VL - 127
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 16
M1 - 163601
ER -
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