arXiv:1605.04792 · Physical Review X

Compressively Characterizing High-Dimensional Entangled States with Complementary, Random Filtering

Gregory A. Howland, Samuel H. Knarr, James Schneeloch, Daniel J. Lum, John C. Howell

Published May 12, 2016• 23 citations

Abstract

In quantum mechanics, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle prevents the determination of precise, simultaneous measurements of two quantities. A new approach extracts position and momentum information from the same group of entangled photons by dramatically undersampling the system.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.6.021018

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