Spectral-domain biphoton interferometry with frequency scanning: theoretical proposal and resolution limits

Abstract

The paper proposes a spectral-domain version of a biphoton (Hong–Ou–Mandel) interferometry. The operation principle is based on measuring the coincidence rate of entangled photons while scanning the difference between their central frequencies. A theoretical apparatus describing the operation principle and the resolution limits of the proposed spectral-domain biphoton interferometry is developed. The analysis is based on quantum and classical Cramer–Rao bounds. It was shown that the proposed spectral-domain biphoton interferometry approach enables the mitigation of the fringe number counting errors, often encountered in classical spectral interferometry. A comparison with a conventional Hong–Ou–Mandel biphoton interferometry is also presented.