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Mean-field analog of the Hong-Ou-Mandel experiment with bright solitons

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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:53 authored by Zhi-Yuan Sun, Panayotis G Kevrekidis, Peter KruegerPeter Krueger
In the present work, we theoretically propose and numerically illustrate a mean-field analog of the Hong-Ou-Mandel experiment with bright solitons.More specifically, we scatter two solitons off of each other (in our setup,the bright solitons play the role of a classical analog to the quantum photons of the original experiment), while the role of the beam splitter is played by a repulsive Gaussian barrier. In our classical scenario, distinguishability of the particles yields, as expected, a 0.5 split mass on either side. Nevertheless, for very slight deviations from the completely symmetric scenario, a near-perfect transmission can be constructed instead, very similarly to the quantum-mechanical output. We demonstrate this as a generic feature under slight variations of the relative soliton speed, or of the relative amplitude in a wide parametric regime. We also explore how variations of the properties of the “beam splitter” (i.e., the Gaussian barrier) affect this phenomenology.

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Journal

Physical Review A

ISSN

1050-2947

Publisher

American Physical Society

Issue

6

Volume

90

Page range

3612

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Research Group Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2017-01-24

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-01-24

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-01-24

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