Multimode quantum states with single photons carrying orbital angular momentum

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a scheme for generating multimode quantum states with single photons carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM). Various quantum states have been realized by superposing multiple OAM modes of single photons in two possible paths. These quantum states exhibit NO...

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Autores principales: Song, Xin-Bing, Fu, Shi-Yao, Zhang, Xiong, Yang, Zhen-Wei, Zeng, Qiang, Gao, Chunqing, Zhang, Xiangdong
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28620211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03239-1
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author Song, Xin-Bing
Fu, Shi-Yao
Zhang, Xiong
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Zeng, Qiang
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description We propose and experimentally demonstrate a scheme for generating multimode quantum states with single photons carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM). Various quantum states have been realized by superposing multiple OAM modes of single photons in two possible paths. These quantum states exhibit NOON-like “super-resolving” interference behavior for the multiple OAM modes of single photons. Compared with the NOON states using many photons, these states are not only easily prepared, but also robust to photon losses. They may find potential applications in quantum optical communication and recognizing defects or objects. The method to identify a particular kind of defect has been demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally.
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spelling pubmed-54726122017-06-21 Multimode quantum states with single photons carrying orbital angular momentum Song, Xin-Bing Fu, Shi-Yao Zhang, Xiong Yang, Zhen-Wei Zeng, Qiang Gao, Chunqing Zhang, Xiangdong Sci Rep Article We propose and experimentally demonstrate a scheme for generating multimode quantum states with single photons carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM). Various quantum states have been realized by superposing multiple OAM modes of single photons in two possible paths. These quantum states exhibit NOON-like “super-resolving” interference behavior for the multiple OAM modes of single photons. Compared with the NOON states using many photons, these states are not only easily prepared, but also robust to photon losses. They may find potential applications in quantum optical communication and recognizing defects or objects. The method to identify a particular kind of defect has been demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5472612/ /pubmed/28620211 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03239-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28620211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03239-1
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