Encoding and decoding non-separable states of polarization and spatial mode of single photons

B. Khajavi; Xinru Cheng; K. Kebede; E. J. Galvez

doi:10.1117/12.2079038

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10 March 2015 Encoding and decoding non-separable states of polarization and spatial mode of single photons

B. Khajavi, Xinru Cheng, K. Kebede, E. J. Galvez

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Proceedings Volume 9379, Complex Light and Optical Forces IX; 93790G (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079038
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We prepare heralded single photons in a non-separable superposition of polarization and spatial modes using an in-beam polarization interferometer enabled by a spatial light modulator. We diagnose the quantum state using two techniques: quantum state tomography and imaging polarimetry. The results are in very good agreement with the expectations.

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B. Khajavi, Xinru Cheng, K. Kebede, and E. J. Galvez "Encoding and decoding non-separable states of polarization and spatial mode of single photons", Proc. SPIE 9379, Complex Light and Optical Forces IX, 93790G (10 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079038

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