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The Generation of Higher-order Laguerre-Gauss Optical Beams for High-precision Interferometry
Published on: August 12, 2013
Observing quantum correlation of photons in Laguerre-Gauss modes using the Gouy phase
Daisuke Kawase1, Yoko Miyamoto, Mitsuo Takeda
1Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Abstract:
The effect of the Gouy phase, which is one of the geometrical phases of photons, is observed through quantum correlation in Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) modes. In an experiment, the relative phase of two different LG modes of measurement basis states is manipulated via the Gouy phase, and the observed coincidence count rates agree well with theoretical predictions. This result suggests that the Gouy phase can be used as a new tool to manipulate multidimensional photonic quantum states.
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