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Journal of Optics

Detection of superposition in the orbital angular momentum of photons without excess components and its application in the verification of non-classical correlation

Yoko Miyamoto, Daisuke Kawase, Mitsuo Wada Takeda, Keiji Sasaki, Shigeki Takeuchi

Published May 12, 2011• 10 citations
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Detection of superposition in the orbital angular momentum of photons without excess components and its application in the verification of non-classical correlation, Miyamoto, Yoko, Kawase, Daisuke, Takeda, Mitsuo, Sasaki, Keiji, Takeuchi, Shigeki
DOI
10.1088/2040-8978/13/6/064027

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