Visibility bound caused by a distinguishable noise particle

Details Visibility bound caused by a distinguishable noise particle Visibility bound caused by a distinguishable noise particle

2011-03-11

arxiv.org/abs/1103.2270v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

5 pages, 3 figures, Accepted to Phys. Rev. A

Scientific paper

We investigate how distinguishability of a "noise" particle degrades interference of the "signal" particle. The signal, represented by an equatorial state of a photonic qubit, is mixed with noise, represented by another photonic qubit, via linear coupling on the beam splitter. We report on the degradation of the "signal" photon interference depending on the degree of indistinguishability between "signal" and "noise" photon. When the photons are principally completely distinguishable but technically indistinguishable the visibility drops to the value 1/sqrt(2). As the photons become more indistinguishable the maximal visibility increases and reaches the unit value for completely indistinguishable photons. We have examined this effect experimentally using setup with fiber optics two-photon Mach-Zehnder interferometer.

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