Shaping the $g^{(2)}$ autocorrelation and photon statistics

TL;DR

This paper introduces a method for arbitrarily shaping and scaling the temporal intensity correlations and photon statistics of optical signals, demonstrated experimentally and supported by analysis and simulation.

Contribution

It presents a novel approach to independently control temporal correlations and photon statistics in optical signals, enabling customizable quantum light sources.

Findings

Temporal correlations can be shaped independently of photon statistics.

Experimental demonstration of the shaping method using stochastic intensity modulation.

Theoretical analysis confirms the independence and flexibility of shaping correlations and statistics.

Abstract

We propose a method of arbitrarily shaping and scaling the temporal intensity correlations of an optical signal locally, avoiding periodic correlations. We demonstrate our approach experimentally using stochastic intensity modulation. We also analyze and simulate shaping both temporal correlations and photon statistics that are fully specified by the user. We show that within the confines of monotony and convexity, the temporal correlations are independent of photon statistics and can take any shape.