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Frontiers in Optics

Angular Dimensionality of Two-Photon Entanglement

J. P. Woerdman, J. B. Pors, Sumant S. R. Oemrawsingh, Martin P. van Exter, Andrea Aiello, Gert W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel

Published Jan 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We pass twin-photons through rotatable angular phase plates and detect entanglement which has a continuously variable azimuthal dimension Daz. Experimentally, Daz has been varied from 2.2 to 3 ; values up to 100 are practically feasible.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2007.jtub2

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