Abstract
We investigate Hong-Ou-Mandel interference in symmetric and asymmetric interferometers, with the input photons prepared in arbitrary first-order spatial modes. We find that Hong-Ou-Mandel interference may occur in conjunction with mode transformation, and between distinguishable inputs.
© 2013 Optical Society of America
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