2006/03/31 by Rainer Kaltenbaek, Bibiane Blauensteiner, B. Blauensteiner +4 · 6 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computer science #Interference (communication) #Jitter #Optics #Photon #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum imaging #Quantum information #Quantum interference #Quantum mechanics #Quantum network #Quantum optics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Telecommunications #Visibility #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.96.240502
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 240502 (2006) · added ref. nr. 16, corrected former ref. nr. 17 (now 18), corrections to the acknowledgement, shortened some sentences
arxiv created 2006/04/04 · openalex publication_date 2006/06/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Interference of photons emerging from independent sources is essential for modern quantum-information processing schemes, above all quantum repeaters and linear-optics quantum computers. We report an observation of nonclassical interference of two single photons originating from two independent, separated sources, which were actively synchronized with a rms timing jitter of 260 fs. The resulting (two-photon) interference visibility was (83+/-4)%.