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Multiparticle distinguishability: three photons are different in four ways

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Abstract

Quantum interference of two independent photons in pure quantum states is fully described by the particles’ distinguishability: the closer the particles are to being identical, the higher the degree of quantum interference. When more than two particles are involved, the situation becomes more complex and interference capability extends beyond pairwise distinguishability. Here, we study many-particle interference using three photons. We show that the three distinct distinguishabilities between pairs of photons are not sufficient to fully describe the photons’ behaviour in a scattering process, but that additionally a fourth parameter, a collective phase, governs the scattering process. We use heralded single photons and a fibre-optic tritter to explore this full parameter space for the first time and thereby demonstrate genuine three-photon interference. Further, our work challenges the view that using time delays between identical photons alone suffices to fully study multi-photon interference.

© 2017 Optical Society of America

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