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Abstract
The Hong–Ou–Mandel (HOM) interference of two light beams having different longitudinal spatial coherence properties is investigated theoretically and experimentally. The normalized second-order correlation function (${g^{(2)}}$) is determined for the interfering photons from two sources of different angular widths using Feynman’s path integral theory. We find that the difference in angular width of the sources has an explicit impact on the HOM interference pattern, which can be quantified through the visibility and full width at half maxima of the HOM dip. The effect of distinguishability of the interfering longitudinally spatially coherent beams on the HOM dip is verified experimentally and is analogous to non-classical HOM interference. The magnitude of the angular width of beams manifested through the difference in angular width has a significant impact. Along with the difference of two sources, this HOM scheme is sensitive to the angular spectrum width of each source. The enhanced sensitivity can be useful in the remote sensing of objects and beams in metrological applications. This work can play a significant role in fundamental and applied physics.
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