Synthesis of arbitrary, two-mode, high-visibility N -photon interference patterns
Saroosh Shabbir, Marcin Świłło, Gunnar G. Bjork · Physical Review A · 2013
Using coherent states, linear optics, and $N$-photon detection we demonstrate the synthesis of arbitrary interference patterns and establish that neither the shape nor the visibility of $N$-photon interference patterns can be used as a quantum signature in general. Specific examples include saw-curve and rectangle-curve interference patterns and phase super-resolution with period shortening of up to 60 times compared to ordinary interference. The former two have visibility close to 100$%$ and the latter has visibility in excess of 57$%$.