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Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 220405 (2010) [4 pages]

Zero-Transmission Law for Multiport Beam Splitters

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Malte Christopher Tichy1, Markus Tiersch1,2, Fernando de Melo3,1, Florian Mintert1, and Andreas Buchleitner1
1Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
2Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Technikerstrasse 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
3Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium

Received 26 February 2010; published 2 June 2010

The Hong-Ou-Mandel effect is generalized to a configuration of n bosons prepared in the n input ports of a Bell multiport beam splitter. We derive a strict suppression law for most possible output events, consistent with a generic bosonic behavior after suitable coarse graining.

© 2010 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.220405
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.220405
PACS:
05.30.-d, 03.67.Lx, 05.30.Jp, 42.50.Dv
 
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