We proposed a protocol of measuring the duration of ultra-short single-photon pulse with two-photon interference.The pulse duration can be obtained from the width of the visibility of two-photon Hong-Ou-Mandel interfe...We proposed a protocol of measuring the duration of ultra-short single-photon pulse with two-photon interference.The pulse duration can be obtained from the width of the visibility of two-photon Hong-Ou-Mandel interference or the indistinguishability of the two photons.Moreover,the shape of a single-photon pulse can be measured with ultra-short single-photon pulses through the two-photon interference.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2006CB921900the Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences,and National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 60621064 and 60537020F.W.S.is also supported by the new faculty starting funds from USTC and the Fundamental Research Funds from the Central Universities.
文摘We proposed a protocol of measuring the duration of ultra-short single-photon pulse with two-photon interference.The pulse duration can be obtained from the width of the visibility of two-photon Hong-Ou-Mandel interference or the indistinguishability of the two photons.Moreover,the shape of a single-photon pulse can be measured with ultra-short single-photon pulses through the two-photon interference.
