Multifrequency-resolved Hanbury Brown-Twiss Effect

TL;DR

This paper introduces a fast, data-driven spectrometer capable of observing the Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect across multiple frequencies simultaneously, enhancing spectral resolution in quantum optics and interferometry.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel single-photon-sensitive spectrometer that enables multifrequency HBT measurements, overcoming previous limitations of spectral and timing resolution.

Findings

Observed HBT for up to 5 Ne spectral lines simultaneously

Demonstrated the spectrometer's capability for multifrequency analysis

Paved the way for broader application of spectral binning in quantum optics

Abstract

The Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) effect holds a pivotal place in intensity interferometry and gave a seminal contribution to the development of quantum optics. To observe such an effect, both good spectral and timing resolutions are necessary. Most often, the HBT effect is observed for a single frequency at a time, due to limitations in dealing with multifrequencies simultaneously, halting and limiting some applications. Here, we report a fast and data-driven spectrometer built with a one-dimensional array of single-photon-sensitive avalanche diodes. We report observing the HBT effect for multifrequencies at the same time. Specifically, we observed the HBT for up to 5 lines of the Ne spectrum, but this can be improved even further. Our work represents a major step to make spectral binning and multifrequencies HBT more widely available. The technology we present can benefit both classical and quantum applications.