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A Photonic System for Generating Unconditional Polarization-Entangled Photons Based on Multiple Quantum Interference
Published on: September 5, 2019
A study of crosstalk in quantum degeneracy coincidence measurements
Arjun Krishnan U M1, Raul Puente1, M A H B Md Yusoff1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Jorgensen Hall, Theodore, 855 N 16th St. 208, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA.
Abstract:
For a continuous beam, particles that arrive at random times show a flat second-order correlation function, g(2), as measured by a flat coincidence spectrum. A reduction in the likelihood for two particles in such a continuous beam to arrive at the same time is called antibunching, observed as a dip in the otherwise flat coincidence spectrum. For a pulsed beam, the coincidence spectrum consists of a series of equal height peaks, where the "dip" manifests as a reduction in the height of the zero-delay time peak. For electrons, such a dip is an experimental signature of Coulomb repulsion and Pauli pressure. This paper discusses another effect that can produce a similar signature but that does not originate from the properties of the physical system under scrutiny. Instead, the detectors and electronics used to measure those coincidences suffer significantly even from weak crosstalk. A simple model that explains our experimental observations is given. Furthermore, we provide an experimental approach to correct this type of crosstalk.
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