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arXiv:1509.07931 · Optics Letters

Scattering of entangled two-photon states

John C. Schotland, A. Cazé, Theodore B. Norris

Published Jan 15, 2016• 16 citations
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Abstract

We consider the scattering of entangled two-photon states from collections of small particles. We also study the related Mie problem of scattering from a sphere. In both cases, we calculate the entropy of entanglement and investigate the influence of the entanglement of the incident field on the entanglement of the scattered field.
DOI
10.1364/ol.41.000444

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