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Entangled Singularity patterns of Photons in Ince-Gauss modes

Authors :
Krenn, Mario
Fickler, Robert
Huber, Marcus
Lapkiewicz, Radek
Plick, William
Ramelow, Sven
Zeilinger, Anton
Source :
Phys. Rev. A 87, 012326 (2013)
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

Photons with complex spatial mode structures open up possibilities for new fundamental high-dimensional quantum experiments and for novel quantum information tasks. Here we show for the first time entanglement of photons with complex vortex and singularity patterns called Ince-Gauss modes. In these modes, the position and number of singularities vary depending on the mode parameters. We verify 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional entanglement of Ince-Gauss modes. By measuring one photon and thereby defining its singularity pattern, we non-locally steer the singularity structure of its entangled partner, while the initial singularity structure of the photons is undefined. In addition we measure an Ince-Gauss specific quantum-correlation function with possible use in future quantum communication protocols.

Subjects

Subjects :
Quantum Physics
Physics - Optics

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. A 87, 012326 (2013)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1205.2514
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.012326