Photon statistics of twisted heralded single photons
Nijil Lal, Anindya Banerji, Ayan Biswas, Ali Anwar, Ravindra Pratap Singh · Journal of Modern Optics · 2019
We study the correlation properties of single photons carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) in a Hanbury Brown and Twiss (HBT) type experiment. We have characterized single photon sources obtained by pumping a nonlinear crystal with a laser beam carrying different OAM under same experimental conditions. For twisted heralded single photons carrying OAM, we calculate g(2)(0), a measurable parameter characterizing the quality of a single photon source, and observe an increment with the OAM of the single photon. The single photon behaviour of the heralded photons is observed to be reducing with higher orders of their OAM. An OAM-dependent variation of the photon statistics will be relevant to quantum information experiments involving twisted heralded single photons.