Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect

An animation explaining how two indistinguishable single photons that simultaneously enter a beam splitter will always leave together. We are developing miniaturised semiconductor structures like the one shown in the animation to demonstrate the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect. Our overall goal is to interface static qubits (exciton or spin states in quantum dots) with flying qubits (photons), in order to demonstrate the key components of quantum networks. Please see http://ldsd.group.shef.ac.uk/ for more information.

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DIRECTED BY
Paul M. Walker
Luke R. Wilson

PRODUCED BY
Gareth Jones, 23i.co.uk

WRITTEN BY
Paul M. Walker
Pieter Kok
Luke R. Wilson

© The University of Sheffield, 2014.