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Single photon beat note in an acousto-optic modulator-based interferometer

Battements de photons uniques dans un interféromètre à base de modulateurs acousto-optiques

Benoît Chalopin
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Abstract

We present in the following a quantum optics experiment appropriate for advanced undergraduate students with former experience in quantum optics. It extends classical single photon setups to the time dependent domain. We demonstrate self-heterodyning of heralded single photons using a Mach-Zender like interferometer where beamsplitters are replaced by two acousto-optic modulators (AOMs). The single pho-ton beat note is recorded over time at the frequency difference between the RF generators driving the AOMs, which makes it observable directly on a human time scale i. e. with periods above a fraction of a second. To compare with our observations, we tailor the standard quantum optics formalism for beam splitters to take into account the frequency shifts associated with the AOMs.
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hal-02355822 , version 1 (08-11-2019)

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Renaud Mathevet, Benoît Chalopin, Sébastien Massenot. Single photon beat note in an acousto-optic modulator-based interferometer. American Journal of Physics, 2020, 8, pp.313. ⟨10.1119/10.0000299⟩. ⟨hal-02355822⟩
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