Quantum beat between sunlight and single photons
Abstract
We demonstrate fourth-order quantum beat between sunlight and single photons from a quantum dot. With a fast time-resolved detection system, we observed high-visibility quantum beat between the independent photons of different frequencies from the two astronomically separated light sources. The temporal dynamics of the beat oscillation indicate the coherent behavior of the interfering photons, and the raw visibility of two-photon interference shows violation of the classical limit with a frequency mismatch of three-times the line width.
Citation
Duan , Z-C , Deng , Y-H , Yu , Y , Chen , S , Qin , J , Wang , H , Ding , X , Peng , L-C , Schneider , C , Wang , D-W , Höfling , S , Dowling , J P , Lu , C-Y & Pan , J-W 2019 , ' Quantum beat between sunlight and single photons ' , Nano Letters , vol. Articles ASAP . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03512
Publication
Nano Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1530-6984Type
Journal article
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