Description

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Two-Photon Interference.- Historical Background and General Remarks.- Quantum State from Parametric Down-Conversion.- Hong-Ou-Mandel Interferometer.- Phase-Independent Two-Photon Interference.- Phase-Dependent Two-Photon Interference: Two-Photon Interferometry.- Interference between a Two-Photon State and a Coherent State.- Quantum Interference of More Than Two Photons.- Coherence and Multiple Pair Production in Parametric Down-Conversion.- Quantum Interference with Two Pairs of Down-Converted Photons.- Temporal Distinguishability of a Multi-Photon State.- Homodyne of a Single-Photon State: A Special Multi-Photon Interference.

About the Author

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Dr. Z. Y. Jeff Ou obtained his B.S. degree from Beijing University in 1984 and his Ph.D. degree from University of Rochester in 1990. He is now a professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. His research interests are in the fields of nonlinear optics and quantum optics with application in quantum information.