Hybrid interferometer with nonlinear four-wave mixing process and linear beam splitter.

Optical interferometer has played an important role in optics. Up to now, many kinds of interferometers have been realized and found their applications. In this letter, we experimentally construct an interferometer by using parametric amplifier as a wave splitter and beam splitter as a wave combiner. We make measurements of interference fringes and explore the relationships between the interference visibility of the interferometer and various system parameters, such as the gain of the parametric amplifier, the one-photon detuning and the temperature of the Rb-85 vapor cell.