Hong-Ou-Mandel interference with a diode-pumped 1-GHz Ti:sapphire laser

Imogen Morland; Hanna Ostapenko; Feng Zhu; Derryck T. Reid; Jonathan Leach

doi:10.1364/OPTCON.496583

Hong-Ou-Mandel interference with a diode-pumped 1-GHz Ti:sapphire laser

Imogen Morland
, Hanna Ostapenko
, Feng Zhu
, Derryck T. Reid
, Jonathan Leach^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Correlated photon pairs generated through spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) are a key resource in quantum optics. In many quantum optics applications, such as satellite quantum key distribution (QKD), a compact, high repetition rate pump laser is required. Here we demonstrate the use of a compact, GHz-rate diode-pumped three-element Kerr-lens-modelocked Ti:sapphire laser for the generation of correlated photon pairs at 790 nm. We verify the presence of indistinguishable photons produced via SPDC using Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interferometry and observe a dip in coincidence counts with a visibility of 81.8%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1922-1928
Number of pages	7
Journal	OSA Continuum
Volume	2
Issue number	9
Early online date	23 Aug 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTCON.496583
Publication status	Published - 15 Sept 2023

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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