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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Quantum state transformations by multiport array beam splitters

Armando Pérez-Leija, Robert Keil, H. M. Moya-Cessa, Alexander Szameit, Demetrios N. Christodoulides

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

We introduce a multiport waveguide array beam-splitter that emulates the action of the angular momentum matrix Jx. Quantum transformations carried out by such devices are discussed and pertinent examples are provided.
DOI
10.1364/qels.2012.qth1e.2

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