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Quantum State Engineering of Light with Continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
Published on: May 30, 2014
Experimental implementation of the multifunctional compact two-photon state analyzer
Eva Halenková1, A Černoch, K Lemr
1RCPTM, Joint Laboratory of Optics of Palacky University and Institute of Physics of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
We report on experimental implementation of a multifunctional two-photon state analyzer. The device aims to be compact and able to provide several important characteristics about any two-photon quantum state. It operates in two modes: first mode is the two-photon interference analysis giving the information about spectral properties of the photons and the degree of mutual indistinguishability. The second mode provides polarization analysis and complete two-photon state tomography. Density matrix estimated from the tomography data reveals namely the quantum state purity or negativity. This device was tested on the photon pairs generated by the Kwiat source.
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