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Two-photon four-qubit cluster state generation based on a polarization-entangled photon pair

Hee S. Park, Jaeyoon Cho, Jae Yong Lee, Dong-Hoon Lee, Sang-Kyung Choi

Published Jan 1, 2007• 20 citations
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Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a two-photon four-qubit cluster state generator using linear optics and a single polarization-entangled photon-pair source based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC). Our novel scheme provides greater design flexibility compared to previous schemes that rely on hyperentanglement.
DOI
10.1364/oe.15.017960

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