Symmetry allows for distinguishability in totally destructive many-particle interference
Abstract: We investigate, in a four-photon interference experiment in a laser-written waveguide structure, how symmetries control the suppression of many-body output events of a
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unitary. We show that totally destructive interference does not require mutual indistinguishability between all but only between symmetrically paired particles, in agreement with recent theoretical predictions. The outcome of the experiment is well described by a quantitative simulation that accounts for higher-order emission of the photon source, imbalances in the scattering network, partial distinguishability, and photon loss
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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PRX quantum. - 2, 2 (2021) , 020326, ISSN: 2691-3399
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Veröffentlichung
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Freiburg
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Universität
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2023
- Creator
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Münzberg, Julian
Dittel, Christoph
Lebugle, Maxime
Buchleitner, Andreas
Szameit, Alexander
Weihs, Gregor
Keil, Robert
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Quantum Optics and Statistics
- DOI
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10.1103/prxquantum.2.020326
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2331366
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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25.03.2025, 1:45 PM CET
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Associated
- Münzberg, Julian
- Dittel, Christoph
- Lebugle, Maxime
- Buchleitner, Andreas
- Szameit, Alexander
- Weihs, Gregor
- Keil, Robert
- Quantum Optics and Statistics
- Universität
Time of origin
- 2023